# Application Settings

There are a number of settings that are required to be set in order for Claret modules to function.

To access the Application Settings, select Application Maintenance and then Application Settings from the main menu.

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### General

To enable all modules to function, set the 'Current Fiscal Year'. 

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### Forecast Workbench

The Forecast Workbench needs the following settings to be configured in order to properly forecast sales.

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**Forecast Workbench History Sale Type**

This setting indicates the [sale type](https://docs.claret.app/master-data/sale-types) that Forecast Workbench uses as history data to then project the forecast. 

**Forecast Workbench Forecast Sale Type**

This setting indicates the  [sale type](https://docs.claret.app/master-data/sale-types) that Forecast Workbench uses to store the forecast it creates.

{% hint style="info" %}
You may wish to [set up a Sale Type](https://docs.claret.app/master-data) specifically for the forecasts generated by Forecast Workbench so as to not complicated any other forecasts you are working with. 
{% endhint %}