Configuring P4V preferences

Local versus centralized preferences: Many P4V preferences can be defined or disabled centrally using Helix server. For example, an administrator can disable the Labels tab centrally, and you cannot override this setting in your local P4V preferences to make the Labels tab available. These centralized settings are specific to Helix server, so if you switch your connection to a different Helix server instance during a P4V session, you might see different behaviors after you open the new connection. For example, if Helix server A has enabled the Labels tab and Helix server B has disabled it, the Labels tab will become unavailable when you switch your connection from instance A to instance B.

Note also that there are performance-related preferences (such as those on the Server Data page) that you can set centrally using Helix server. If these centrally set performance preferences differ from your local preferences, your local settings continue to appear in the Preferences dialog even though the central preferences are overriding them.