# Workspace configuration settings

The workspace settings for a new workspace (**New Workspace** view) or edited workspace (**Workspace** **Settings** tab) provide information about the workspace and its data.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Identification and connection type</strong></td><td>Settings to identify the workspace and to select the data connector.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/MBBpZJ4384LdUTv3Cnot">/pages/MBBpZJ4384LdUTv3Cnot</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Data connection settings</strong></td><td>Connect to source and destination databases or, for the file connector, local or cloud storage files.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/vHxsFKBu5epnRv3T5HgO">/pages/vHxsFKBu5epnRv3T5HgO</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Use secrets managers</strong><br><br>Configure and select secrets managers secrets to use for authentication.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/OHGvv4bKCSylB8hBp8EO">/pages/OHGvv4bKCSylB8hBp8EO</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Schema management settings</strong></td><td>Block data generation on schema changes.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/KCqlYisVjYzohWVPLIlw">/pages/KCqlYisVjYzohWVPLIlw</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Enable and configure upsert</strong></td><td>Add new destination records and update changed destination records. Ignore other unchanged destination records.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/Rlyl0zrCJVDRRw4NtDKL">/pages/Rlyl0zrCJVDRRw4NtDKL</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Write output to a container repository</strong></td><td>Use the data generation output to populate a container data volume.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/VtpkGsrBMiGpGZwcRG7y">/pages/VtpkGsrBMiGpGZwcRG7y</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Advanced workspace overrides</strong></td><td>Workspace-specific settings for cross-run consistency and data generation performance.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/9fuBxxyFNpJHTWtMpKFD">/pages/9fuBxxyFNpJHTWtMpKFD</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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