Provides the key identifying the record holding the schema preferences values. You cannot change this value.

Area field values are stored in the database in the Base Units you specify.

Select:

• Metric to have area values stored as m 2 or meters.
• Imperial to have area values stored as f 2 or feet.
• Per Locale: This sets the afm_scmpref.units to Imperial or Metric in the database based on the application server locale .

Holds the version and date of the database that you currently working with.

Each time a new database is released, a version number and date is assigned to the database. When you install a new version of Archibus, run Database Update Wizard, the system completes this field with the version number of your database. This field is not editable.

Describes the names of the fields containing the strict hierarchy for locations, such as: BL_ID;FL_ID;RM_ID.

Users of the Real Property domain use this field to inform the domain of the type of asset representing leased areas. Choose Suite, Group, Room-Composite, or Room-All Room.

If you choose the Group value for the Lease Area Method field above, you must specify how the system should charge back your groups. Choose BOMA, Enhanced BOMA, BOMA 96, or Group. Rather than completing this and the above preference by working with this task, Real Property & Lease domain users can set these by running the Lease domain's Choose Proration and Lease Area Methods action, which presents a condensed version of the Archibus Schema Preferences table. See this topic for complete information on these preferences.

Some views and routines, such as the Lease domain's Create Budget routine, analyze data according to fiscal year. Use these preferences to define the start of the fiscal year, such as July 1.

When updating the Usable Area field of the Floors table with the Allocate action or Recalculate Usable Area view action of the Strategic Master Planning domain, the system consults this preference to determine the exact Update Area calculations to run. Complete this option with the space inventory method you have developed: All Room, Composite, BOMA, etc. For example, when this preference is set to All Room, the allocation actions calculate floor usable area using the same calculations as the Domain Navigator's All Room Inventory/Update Area Totals action.

Select Yes to use hierarchical security .