preference

A setting that controls how a view, drawing, or the entire application behaves and is set with the program's Preferences command or by the installation program. ARCHIBUS uses several types of preferences:

application preferences control how the entire program behaves and apply to all users working on a particular workstation. (One workstation can have multiple user accounts.) The installation program can create these preferences, even if these preferences are already established. Application preferences are stored in c:\ProgramData\archibus\smart-client\SmartClient.exe.config
user preferences are applicable to the current user only. They are stored in the user.config file, for example, C:\users\,username>\AppData\Local\ARCHIBUS\SmartClient\user.config\archibus\smart-client\user.config file.
project preferences apply to all users working from a particular server. Users with permission and access to the file itself can edit these preferences from the Smart Client interface. These preferences are stored in \archibus\WEB-INF\config\afm-projects.xml.
site preferences apply to all users working from a particular server. Users with permission and access to the file itself can edit these preferences from the Smart Client interface.These preferences are stored in \archibus\WEB-INF\config\smartclient.properties.
per-drawing preferences control individual drawings and are stored in the ARCHIBUS Drawings table.