# Module settings "description" field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-settings-description-field/14117>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [April 23, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-settings-description-field/14117 "2017-04-23T23:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpderbec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mpderbec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpderbec)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-settings-description-field/14117/1 "2017-04-23T23:57:49Z")

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I’m trying to figure out how to add a description to a settings field as can be seen in the screenshot below. I can’t figure out what magic to do… are there any examples?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-settings-description-field/14117/2 "2017-04-24T01:23:13Z")

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You need to supply a .properties file in the same location as the PersistentRecord subclass you created, with entries for visible name and description for each field you’ve defined. Something like this:

```auto
ProducerThreads.Name=Maximum I/O Thread Count
ProducerThreads.Desc=The number of threads to allow in this device's I/O scanning, polling, and data producing processors.

```

(From my Ethernet/IP module)

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**Author:** ![mpderbec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mpderbec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpderbec)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-settings-description-field/14117/3 "2017-04-24T01:27:13Z")

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Perfect! The magic I was missing was `Desc`. I tried `Description`, but should have thought to shorten it.

Thank you!