---
title: automatic
framework: swiftdata
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: swiftdata/modelconfiguration/groupcontainer-swift.struct/automatic
---

# automatic

Tells SwiftData to use the app’s primary group container as the root location for the persistent storage.

## Declaration

```swift
static var automatic: ModelConfiguration.GroupContainer { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting discovery options

- [identifier(_:)](swiftdata/modelconfiguration/groupcontainer-swift.struct/identifier(_:).md)
- [none](swiftdata/modelconfiguration/groupcontainer-swift.struct/none.md)