The General tab enables you to specify general default options, such as the weekday on which the calendar week begins. You can also specify the character that separates cost account codes to indicate hierarchy levels and the default duration for new activities.
Code Separator: The character that separates cost account and activity codes to indicate hierarchy levels. You can type a new character.
Starting Day of Week: The first day of the week for global, project, and resource calendars. You can select a new weekday.
Finish date filters use start of Current Date, Week, and Month: Determines how to define the timeframe of Current Day, Week, or Month filters that use finish dates. Select this option to define the timeframe based on the beginning of the day, week, or month. Clear this option to define the timeframe based on the end of the day, week, or month.
Activity Duration: The default duration for activities in all projects. You can type a new duration.
Password Policy: The Enable password policy checkbox is marked be default. In accordance with industry standards, the password policy is to authorize a password that is a minimum of 8 characters long, including one alpha and one numeric character. The password policy is recommended, not mandatory, and password limitations are not put into effect until this checkbox is marked. If this checkbox is not marked, passwords can be up to 20 characters in length, according to the original password policy.
Note
- The code separator you specify is also the default separator for work breakdown structure (WBS) codes in all projects.