Default Settings

The Default Settings section contains the following tabs: Mixed Periodicity, Decimal Points, Project Settings and Sensitivity Settings.

On this tab, you can select the number of years displayed on the monthly, quarterly and semi-annual basis when the Mixed Periodicity option is selected on the Palantir tab on the ribbon. The Start from the Year option is the year at which the mixed periodicity will start.

The Default Display Options window

Example: The settings in the image above mean that when you select Mixed Periodicity on the Palantir tab on the ribbon, the first year (2007) will be displayed on the monthly basis, next two years on the quarterly basis, another two years on the semi-annual basis and the rest on the annual basis, as shown below.

Mixed periodicity in a project

This section is used to specify the number of decimal places on various application screens, such as the exchange rate entry screen (see Currency) or the product equivalencies screen (see Calculation Parameters).

Note: The number of decimal places is specific to individual users; values are stored with the highest precision and then rounded according to the selected number of decimal places. To ensure consistency, it is recommended that all users use the same number of decimal places.

These are the default settings applied to all newly created projects. Settings of individual projects can be edited on the General tab in the Project Settings window (see Edit project settings). The fields are explained in the table below.

Field	Description
Start Year	Year when the project begins.
Duration	Number of years the project will last for.
Escalation Date	Date when escalation rates begin to apply.
Real/Nominal	Determines whether values are real or nominal.
Display color for Nominal values	Text color for nominal values (black by default). Expand the list to select a different color from the color picker.
Display color for Real values	Text color for real values (blue by default). Expand the list to select a different color from the color picker.
Display color for Input Links	Background color for incoming links (turquoise by default). Expand the list to select a different color from the color picker.
Display color for Output Links	Background color for outgoing links (turquoise by default). Expand the list to select a different color from the color picker.
Display pattern for Input Links	Background pattern for incoming links (stripes by default). Expand the list to select a different pattern.
Display pattern for Output Links	Background pattern for outgoing links (dots by default). Expand the list to select a different pattern.
Copy cell format from template	Check the box to ensure that when a template is formatted, all documents created on its basis will use the same formatting.

The fields in this section set the default start and end date for project sensitivities. The dates can be changed within individual projects if necessary (see Project sensitivities).