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# Settings

This page is for the Advanced configuration of the Data Pipeline. 

Following is the list of configurations on the settings page:

* Kafka Configuration
* DataPrep Settings
* Logger
* Default Configuration
* Pod Status
* DB Sync

### Kafka Configuration

This is for configuring details that are used for creating the events in the pipeline.

{% hint style="info" %}
*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> This configuration is critical and should not be changed as this can mess up the activated pipelines.*
{% endhint %}

![List Of configurations on settings page](/files/5tX9P8cN1lqOECOCONRh)

### Data Preparation Settings

This shows a list of all exported preps from the Data Preparation module.

![List Of Exported  Scripts](/files/dUo2Vu9X1ZAUuyxV4i9t)

### Data Science Models

Data Science models that have been published as a service from Data Science Workbench gets listed here.

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![List of publlished Data-Science Models](/files/frW5NolyaNaTtVhFJf7Y)

### Logger

This gives the info and config details of the Kafka topic that is set for logging.

![Logger Configuration](/files/5kD17rjyehZKScv6LNZr)

### Default Configuration

This is for  setting the **Default component configuration** for Low, Medium and, High configuration Pipelines.

![Default Configuration](/files/p0ams8gjTO7Z8TxIVmE9)

{% hint style="success" %} <mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> *The **Non-Spark** means **Docker** under the **Default Configuration** section.*
{% endhint %}

### Pod Status

The ***Pod Status*** page under the ***Settings*** option gives us monitoring capability on the health of the System Components.

![System Component Health](/files/xz8ntm3yM4kgrn6GER3t)

{% hint style="info" %}
*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> The system components should be up for proper functionality of the Pipeline module.*
{% endhint %}

### DB Sync

DB Sync in settings is to globally configure the ***Data Sync*** feature. This way we can enable a DB connection and use the same connection in the pipeline without using any extra resources.

![](/files/Ti6B0fRrztsBmeWKdLKR)

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:green;">Please Note</mark>: *We support 5 drivers at present*

* MongoDB
* Postgres
* MSSQL
* Oracle
* MySQL
  {% endhint %}