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title: 'API docs: repository.modelsettings'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/repository](./repository.md) &gt; [ModelSettings](./repository.modelsettings.md)

## ModelSettings interface

Defining the settings for a model See https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Model.html\#supported-entries-of-model-definition

**Signature:**

```typescript
export interface ModelSettings 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  [description?](./repository.modelsettings.description.md) |  | string | _(Optional)_ Description of the model |
|  [forceId?](./repository.modelsettings.forceid.md) |  | boolean | _(Optional)_ Prevent clients from setting the auto-generated ID value manually |
|  [hiddenProperties?](./repository.modelsettings.hiddenproperties.md) |  | string\[\] | _(Optional)_ Hides properties from response bodies |
|  [scope?](./repository.modelsettings.scope.md) |  | object | _(Optional)_ Scope enables you to set a scope that will apply to every query made by the model's repository |
|  [strict?](./repository.modelsettings.strict.md) |  | boolean \| 'filter' | _(Optional)_ Specifies whether the model accepts only predefined properties or not |