The following table describes the options available on the General tab.
| Option | Description | 
|---|---|
| Open Last Data Source on Startup | When this tick-box is selected, Relativity Designer remembers the last data source that was open, and attempts to open it again the next time it starts. | 
| Show Start Page on Startup | When this tick-box is selected, the Start Page tab is open when you first open a data source. | 
| Require Catalog have Owner Group | When this tick-box is selected, if a catalog does not have an owner group when you log on, you are prompted to add a new group, which will become the owner group. | 
| Default maximum rows returned in Show Data | Set the maximum number of rows that are returned when you preview table data. You can adjust this temporarily when previewing the data. | 
| Automatically grant 'SELECT' access in granting other table/column privileges | When this tick-box is selected, 'SELECT' access is automatically granted when granting other table/column privileges. When this tick-box is not selected, 'SELECT' access must be granted manually each time. | 
| Save layout | Relativity Designer remembers certain screen sizings and positions. | 
| Use Default Reports Directory/Reports Directory | When this tick-box is selected, a default directory of 
                              					 %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Relativity Shared\Reports is used to locate the various supporting files (.xslt, 
                              					 .js, 
                              					 .css) when viewing an exported report. When this tick-box is not selected, you can specify a user-defined reports directory. | 
| Transform reports exported to XML | When this tick-box is selected, the specified .xslt file, located in the reports directory, is used to transform reports exported to XML format. (The default ReportToHtml.xslt file is supplied with Relativity Designer.) |