Select the SAP Business One display language.

The user interface and predefined values will appear in the selected language; however, you will be able to enter data in other languages as well, depending on your keyboard settings.

Select the style for the graphic interface of SAP Business One and choose the Update button. Your selection applies to your user only and does not influence the skin style used by other users in the company.

Select the background color for the active windows.

Select Combined to define a background color individually for different windows in various colors.

To select a background color for a window, open the required window and choose from the menu bar  Window Color . Select the required color.

Define the default length and weight units for items in the company. When a new item is created in SAP Business One, these length and weight units are proposed automatically.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, upon the next logon.

Define whether SAP Business One displays time in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.

When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Defines how dates are displayed throughout SAP Business One.

When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users

Define the character that will be displayed in the date format between the date fields, that is, between the day and month, and month and year. When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

When you select this checkbox, the Time Zone tab appears in the General Settings window.

When you deselect this checkbox, the Time Zone tab is removed from the General Settings window, and the time in the company database becomes the same as that on the server.

By default, the checkbox is deselected. When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Define the resolution SAP Business One uses to display images. If you choose Full, the image will be displayed in the resolution saved in the image file. Try to print images using the default option first. If the images are not printed as desired, select a different option for this field.

Define the maximum number of rows that will be displayed in any 'List of' window.

When modified, this setting is updated immediately per company, for all users.

Define the character for separating between G/L account segments. This separator is used for display purposes only. A dash (–) is recommended. Do not use any letters, numbers or an asterisk as a separator. The G/L account code must not contain the same character as the separator.

This option appears only if the Use Segmentation Accounts option in  Administration System Initialization Company Details Basic Initialization tab is selected.

Define the number of decimal places displayed for amounts, prices, exchange rates, quantities, percentages, units, and calculated values in queries.

For all of the decimal settings, except for calculated values in queries, the following applies:

Define which character to use to separate the decimal places from the integer. The U.S. and U.K. use a decimal point, for example, while German-speaking countries generally use a decimal comma. When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, upon the next logon.

Define which character to use as the thousands separator.

For example, the U.S. and U.K. use a comma, while German-speaking countries generally use a period.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon.

Currency or currency symbol is displayed on the right side in amount fields.

By default, the currency symbol appears on the left of the amount.

When modified, this setting is updated per company, for all users, after the next logon.

Determines the display of exchange rates in SAP Business One. The exchange rate values are always saved in the system according to the direct rate. The indirect rate is for display use only.

This setting affects the calculation that you use to enter the exchange rates in the Exchange Rates and Indexes window.

Select the checkbox to enable sidebar in certain windows to display linked pervasive dashboards. For more information about working with pervasive dashboards, see the How to Work with Pervasive Analytics guide in the documentation area of SAP Business One Customer Portal at http://service.sap.com/smb/sbocustomer/documentation.

Select this checkbox to have SAP Business One provide suggestions as you type in various documents (such as sales documents, product documents, service calls). With this feature, you do not have to open the choose-from-list window every time you specify items or business partners.

The applicable fields include item numbers, item descriptions, business partner codes, and business partner names. The suggestions are, at most, 10 records that match the typed text and change according to your typing.

For example, when you type l in the Item No. field, SAP Business One suggests a list of item numbers including the letter "l".

Select this checkbox to enable a wildcard search in choose-from-list windows.

After enabling this function, a Text Search button is added to the choose-from-list window (for example, List of Items window). You can then use an asterisk (*) for a wildcard search against fields in each column.

Prerequisites:

Search methods:

Search Procedure:

A wildcard search is conducted and all results matching the search term are displayed. You can also filter the search results.