---
keywords:
  - grafana
  - schema
title: Preferences kind
---
> Both documentation generation and kinds schemas are in active development and subject to change without prior notice.

## Preferences

#### Maturity: [merged](../../../maturity/#merged)
#### Version: 0.0

The user or team frontend preferences

| Property           | Type                                              | Required | Default | Description                                                                     |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `homeDashboardUID` | string                                            | No       |         | UID for the home dashboard                                                      |
| `language`         | string                                            | No       |         | Selected language (beta)                                                        |
| `queryHistory`     | [QueryHistoryPreference](#queryhistorypreference) | No       |         |                                                                                 |
| `theme`            | string                                            | No       |         | light, dark, empty is default                                                   |
| `timezone`         | string                                            | No       |         | The timezone selection
TODO: this should use the timezone defined in common |
| `weekStart`        | string                                            | No       |         | day of the week (sunday, monday, etc)                                           |

### QueryHistoryPreference

| Property  | Type   | Required | Default | Description                                 |
|-----------|--------|----------|---------|---------------------------------------------|
| `homeTab` | string | No       |         | one of: '' | 'query' | 'starred'; |


