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[Application Modules](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/application-modules?hsLang=en) 3. [Projects](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/application-modules?hsLang=en#projects) # Understand the Project YAML file content Each Metadata Repository contains a **project.yml** file (See [Understand the Project Metadata Repository content](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/understand-the-project-metadata-repository-content?hsLang=en)). This file contains **all the project settings**. ### Project file details After project creation, the file should look like the following: ``` id: 26ab4295-c580-4b44-c3af-08db70a5f8b1version: v1.2name: Documentation Data Vaultdescription: This is the project used to document Data Vault modeling.configuration:  id: biGENIUS.Implementation.Generator.Datavault.Mssql  version: 1.3.1sourceSystems:  - id: 9ad974a0-6ac6-4652-bca1-8b19451c32f5 name: adventure_works_-_sales    description: This is the Adventure Works Source system for the Sales schema.    sourceSystemTypeId: 'f69491d8-eed8-43a0-89f9-60195b3415c2'    activeDiscovery: '4bcd95d8-1d25-49d2-94d7-0c19a96ff479'  - id: 0f1eda28-dd62-4214-91b6-2c4ebadf9726 name: crm_example   description: This is the CRM Source system.    sourceSystemTypeId: 'f69491d8-eed8-43a0-89f9-60195b3415c2'    activeDiscovery: '0dfa815c-ee94-4dfa-8c53-de2266475aa3'propertyValues: [] ``` The different nodes contain: | **Node name** | **Node description** | **Node value example** | | --- | --- | --- | | **id** | Project's internal ID (GUID format) | 26ab4295-c580-4b44-c3af-08db70a5f8b1 | | **version** | Technical version of the application schema | v1.2 | | **name** | Project's name | Documentation Data Vault | | **description** | Project's description | This is the project used to document  Data Vault modeling. | | **sourceSystemTypeId** | Source System type (GUID format) | 4bcd95d8-1d25-49d2-94d7-0c19a96ff479 *(Which corresponds to "MS SQL Server")* | | **activeDiscovery** | ID of the active Discovry for the Source system (GUID format) | ec85796f-0418-4887-a39f-d5fd4de71f06 *(See [Understand Discovery YAML file content](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/understand-discovery-yaml-file-content?hsLang=en))* | | **configuration** | Project's configuration | - 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