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Access the Settings Registry with Console Commands

The Settings Registry registers a list of commands with AZ::Console that allow you to add, update, or delete a key within the Settings Registry, and dump keys to the Console output window.

Console command list

Settings Registry Console commands have the prefix sr_, which stands for Settings Registry.

Command
Description
sr_regset <key> <value>Adds or modifies value at the specified key entry in the Settings Registry with the value argument. Multiple keys and values can be specified.
sr_regremove <key>Removes each key and its value from the Settings Registry. Multiple keys can be specified.
sr_regdump <key>Dumps each key value from the Settings Registry to the console output window. If multiple keys are specified, their values are separated by newlines.
sr_regdumpallDump the entire Settings Registry to the console output window.
sr_regset_file <file path> <anchor path>Merges the Settings Registry file at the specified anchor path in the Settings Registry. The anchor path parameter merges the loaded settings under a specific settings object, for example, "/O3DE/Settings".
sr_dump_origin <key>Outputs the filepath responsible for the latest modification of each key in the Settings Registry. If the key was last updated in C++ or Script, then a value of “<in-memory>” is output. Multiple keys can be specified.

Examples

Use sr_regset to update or add a value

The following Console command examples update the project root path in the Settings Registry.

CommandResult
sr_regset /Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap/project_path TestProjectThis example sets the “project_path” field under the “/Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap” JSON object to “TestProject”.
sr_regset /Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap/project_path ProjectPath With SpacesThis example sets the “project_path” field under the “/Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap” JSON object to “ProjectPath With Spaces”.

Use sr_regremove to remove a key value

The following Console command examples remove keys and their values from the Settings Registry.

CommandResult
sr_regremove /Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap/project_pathThis removes the “project_path” field under the “/Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap” JSON object.
sr_regremove /Your/Custom/Setting1 /My/Custom/Setting2This removes both the “Setting1” field under the “/Your/Custom” JSON object and the “Setting2” field under the “/My/Custom” JSON object.

Use the sr_regdump command to output a value

The following Console command examples output the values of specified keys to the Console.

CommandResult
sr_regdump /Amazon/AzCore/Bootstrap/project_pathThis outputs current “project_path” to the Console.
sr_regdump /Your/Custom/Setting1 /My/Custom/Setting2This outputs both the “Setting1” field under the “/Your/Custom” JSON object and the “Setting2” field under the “/My/Custom” JSON object to the Console.

Use the sr_regdumpall command to output the entire Settings Registry

The following Console command outputs the entire Settings Registry to the Console.

CommandResult
sr_regdumpallThis outputs the complete Settings Registry to the Console.

Use the sr_dump_origin command to output the filepath that last modified a key

The following Console command outputs the filepath responsible for the latest modification of each key to the Console. The code block shows an example of merging 2 JSON files in order and querying the file origin of "/Your/Custom/Setting1".

file1.setreg

{
    "Your": { "Custom": { "Setting1": "initialValue"} }
}

file2.setreg

{
    "Your": { "Custom": { "Setting1": "overrideValue"} }
}
CommandResult
sr_dump_origin /Your/Custom/Setting1This outputs the last file which modified “/Your/Custom/Setting1” key to the Console. The return value is file2.setreg

Use the sr_regset_file command to merge a Settings Registry file

The following Console command merges a Settings Registry file to the Settings Registry from the Console. The file must be JSON formatted. The code block shows an example JSON file named engine.json with an example value for the engine_name key.

engine.json

{
   "engine_name": "o3de"
}
CommandResult
sr_regset_file <engine-root>/engine.jsonMerges the engine.json file to the Settings Registry anchor to root key of “”.
sr_regset_file <engine-root>/engine.json /O3DE/EngineSettingsMerges the engine.json file to the Settings Registry anchored to object of “/O3DE/EngineSettings”.