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title: "General configurations"
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> Macro (aura-html)
Set configurations to adjust how Flow calculates your metrics and customize aspects of Flow's interface.
## Permissions
You need the **Configurations** permission to modify your general configurations.
## Getting started
To set manual configurations:
1. Click **Settings** in Flow's top navigation bar.
2. In the left navigation under **Report settings**, click **Configurations**.
## Outlier detection configuration
Outlier detection settings allow you to identify and exclude irregular work patterns that could skew your team's metrics. You can choose between **Default** mode, which uses fixed statistical rules, and **Advanced** mode, which provides more granular control.
Learn more about [Advanced outlier detection](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FD/pages/1802535113) settings.
## Comment robustness
Use this configuration to customize the robustness of your comments for comment-based metrics.
Set boundaries by adjusting the number of words that count for trivial, regular, and robust comments.
## Custom date ranges
This configuration enables your organization to create custom calendars and events.
Toggle configurations on for:
- Enable custom date ranges - This setting lets you to show specific calendars and/or sprints in your date picker for reports. Learn more about [custom date ranges](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FD/pages/1802141991).
- Additionally, select which label custom date ranges appear under in all date filters. Choose a provided label or create a custom one under 10 characters.
- Utilize updated calculation logic to support custom date ranges (recommended) - This setting changes the way any partial week is calculated in your Team health insights report. Metrics are weighted by the number of days selected within the time frame rather than by entire weeks.