---
title: "SettingsDeclaration"
description: "every setting of every role, with its dimension, its default and where it may be changed"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/settingsdeclaration
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# SettingsDeclaration

every setting of every role, with its dimension, its default and where it may be changed

[figure: SettingsDeclaration is a definition at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | platform |
| key | the repository and the version |
| store | postgres |
| family | releases |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `settings` | [SettingRow](/concepts/settingrow) | yes |  |
| `version` | `text` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns SettingsDeclaration directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.