Application settings

Configure the application-wide settings that control self-registration, autosave timing, and AI prompt length in Bonita Process Designer.

Application settings are global options that apply to your whole Bonita Process Designer instance. They control whether visitors can register their own account, which role those accounts get, how often diagrams autosave, and how long AI generation prompts may be.

Only users with the Admin role can view and change application settings. Other users never see these options.

Where to set them

Open the Admin panel and go to the Settings section. Each setting below has its own field. Change the values you need and save. Updated values take effect immediately for new actions (for example, the next autosave or the next AI generation request).

Available settings

Setting Type Range Default Description

Setting	Type	Range	Default	Description
Allow self-registration	Boolean	On / Off	Off	When enabled, a registration link appears on the login page so visitors can create their own account. When disabled, only an Admin can create accounts. See Manage users.
Default registration role	Choice	`Reader` or `Creator`	`Reader`	The role assigned to accounts created through self-registration. Choose `Reader` for view-only access or `Creator` to let new users create and edit diagrams in their groups. Has no effect when self-registration is off.
Autosave interval	Number (seconds)	1–300	5	How often the editor automatically saves the open diagram while you work. A lower value saves more frequently; a higher value reduces background saves.
AI prompt maximum length	Number (characters)	200–2000	500	The maximum number of characters allowed in a natural-language description used for AI diagram generation.

Allow self-registration

Boolean

On / Off

Off

When enabled, a registration link appears on the login page so visitors can create their own account. When disabled, only an Admin can create accounts. See Manage users.

Default registration role

Choice

Reader or Creator

Reader

The role assigned to accounts created through self-registration. Choose Reader for view-only access or Creator to let new users create and edit diagrams in their groups. Has no effect when self-registration is off.

Autosave interval

Number (seconds)

1–300

How often the editor automatically saves the open diagram while you work. A lower value saves more frequently; a higher value reduces background saves.

AI prompt maximum length

Number (characters)

200–2000

500

The maximum number of characters allowed in a natural-language description used for AI diagram generation.

The application validates every value against its allowed range when you save. A value outside the range is rejected, and the previous setting is kept.

The Default registration role never grants Admin rights. New self-registered users can only be a Reader or a Creator. To promote an account to Admin, change its role in Manage users.

Related settings

These options live in their own administration screens rather than in Settings:

Manage AI quota — the per-group limit on AI generations over a rolling 30-day window.
Manage the license — activate and validate your Bonita Process Designer license.

For settings that operators configure outside the application (database connection, ports, CORS, TLS, proxy, and AI provider configuration), see Configuration reference.