# System Configuration Overview

### Overview

System Configuration is used to configure general restaurant data such as postal and shipping addresses, and also to configure localization data such as currency symbols, date and time formats, etc. This module is also used to manage backups of the Maitre'D settings and contains advanced configuration options to modify all the prompts contained in the Maitre'D system.

![Module Icon - System Configuration](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/ICON_System.svg) ![Module Icon - System Configuration Selected](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/ICON_System-H.svg)

After selecting the System Configuration option, the System Configuration menu displays.


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