[Django]-PyCharm: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined

I had the same problem. The settings of my django support was empty:

I had the same problem as well, and the fix in IntelliJ IDEA is not obvious (especially since there is no notification with a “fix-it” link for this problem).

You’ll find you need to set Settings to your Django project’s settings.py file in Project Structure > Modules > [your Django project’s name] > Django.

You can go to the tool bar which shows a dropdown and select your project ->edit configuration. There in the Environment variable area enter DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE mysite.settings and save .

“Standalone Django scripts”

I faced the same problem and proposed solutions did not work.

I solved it by going in "File > Settings…"
Then search for "Django console" and add the following Environment variable: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mysite.settings

for new commers, below is the additional info’.

where you can find the place to set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE in pycharm 2019.1 is:

config -> language and frameworks -> Django’s right pain.

the column just below the django project root you can cite your config file path.

and the environment variables column you can set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE value.