diff --git a/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_advanced.ipynb b/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_advanced.ipynb
index 7272761b..f7622d48 100644
--- a/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_advanced.ipynb
+++ b/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_advanced.ipynb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": false,
     "jupyter": {
      "outputs_hidden": false
     },
@@ -47,7 +46,8 @@
     "import pandas as pd\n",
     "\n",
     "import popmon\n",
-    "from popmon import resources"
+    "from popmon import resources\n",
+    "from popmon.config import Settings, Report"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "settings = Settings()\n",
+    "settings.report.extended_report = False\n",
+    "\n",
     "df.pm_stability_report(\n",
-    "    time_axis=\"DATE\", time_width=\"1w\", time_offset=\"2015-07-02\", extended_report=False\n",
+    "    time_axis=\"DATE\", time_width=\"1w\", time_offset=\"2015-07-02\", settings=settings\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -122,12 +125,14 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "# reuse the previous settings\n",
+    "settings.monitoring.pull_rules={\"*_pull\": [10, 7, -7, -10]}\n",
+    "\n",
     "df.pm_stability_report(\n",
     "    time_axis=\"DATE\",\n",
     "    time_width=\"1w\",\n",
     "    time_offset=\"2015-07-02\",\n",
-    "    extended_report=False,\n",
-    "    pull_rules={\"*_pull\": [10, 7, -7, -10]},\n",
+    "    settings=settings,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -178,11 +183,14 @@
     "\n",
     "    sdf = spark.createDataFrame(df)\n",
     "\n",
+    "    settings = Settings()\n",
+    "    settings.report.extended_report = False\n",
+    "\n",
     "    sdf.pm_stability_report(\n",
     "        time_axis=\"DATE\",\n",
     "        time_width=\"1w\",\n",
     "        time_offset=\"2015-07-02\",\n",
-    "        extended_report=False,\n",
+    "        settings=settings,\n",
     "    )"
    ]
   },
@@ -204,6 +212,9 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "settings = Settings()\n",
+    "settings.report.extended_report = False\n",
+    "\n",
     "df_ref = pd.read_csv(\n",
     "    resources.data(\"flight_delays_reference.csv.gz\"), index_col=0, parse_dates=[\"DATE\"]\n",
     ")\n",
@@ -211,9 +222,9 @@
     "    time_axis=\"DATE\",\n",
     "    time_width=\"1w\",\n",
     "    time_offset=\"2015-07-02\",\n",
-    "    extended_report=False,\n",
     "    reference_type=\"external\",\n",
     "    reference=df_ref,\n",
+    "    settings=settings,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -235,8 +246,8 @@
     "    time_axis=\"DATE\",\n",
     "    time_width=\"1w\",\n",
     "    time_offset=\"2015-07-02\",\n",
-    "    extended_report=False,\n",
     "    reference_type=\"expanding\",\n",
+    "    settings=settings,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -255,13 +266,14 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "settings.comparison.window = 5\n",
+    "\n",
     "df.pm_stability_report(\n",
     "    time_axis=\"DATE\",\n",
     "    time_width=\"1w\",\n",
     "    time_offset=\"2015-07-02\",\n",
-    "    extended_report=False,\n",
     "    reference_type=\"rolling\",\n",
-    "    window=5,\n",
+    "    settings=settings,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -400,15 +412,18 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
+    "report_settings = Report()\n",
+    "report_settings.last_n = 0\n",
+    "report_settings.skip_first_n = 0\n",
+    "report_settings.skip_last_n = 0\n",
+    "report_settings.section.histograms.plot_hist_n = 2\n",
+    "report_settings.skip_empty_plots = True\n",
+    "report_settings.report_filepath = None\n",
+    "\n",
     "report.regenerate(\n",
-    "    last_n=0,\n",
-    "    skip_first_n=0,\n",
-    "    skip_last_n=0,\n",
-    "    plot_hist_n=2,\n",
-    "    skip_empty_plots=True,\n",
-    "    report_filepath=None,\n",
     "    store_key=\"html_report\",\n",
     "    sections_key=\"report_sections\",\n",
+    "    report_settings=settings,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -432,11 +447,7 @@
     "from popmon.base import Pipeline\n",
     "from popmon.visualization import SectionGenerator, ReportGenerator\n",
     "\n",
-    "monitoring_rules = {\n",
-    "    \"*_pull\": [7, 4, -4, -7],\n",
-    "    \"*_zscore\": [7, 4, -4, -7],\n",
-    "    \"[!p]*_unknown_labels\": [0.5, 0.5, 0, 0],\n",
-    "}\n",
+    "\n",
     "datastore = {\n",
     "    \"hists\": df.pm_make_histograms(time_axis=\"DATE\", time_width=\"1w\", time_offset=\"2015-07-02\")\n",
     "}\n",
@@ -556,7 +567,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.9.7"
+   "version": "3.8.8"
   },
   "nteract": {
    "version": "0.15.0"
diff --git a/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_basic.ipynb b/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_basic.ipynb
index 3c086ea0..fadcf170 100644
--- a/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_basic.ipynb
+++ b/popmon/notebooks/popmon_tutorial_basic.ipynb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": false,
     "jupyter": {
      "outputs_hidden": false
     },
@@ -76,7 +75,8 @@
    "source": [
     "import pandas as pd\n",
     "import popmon\n",
-    "from popmon import resources"
+    "from popmon import resources\n",
+    "from popmon.config import Report"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "report.regenerate(extended_report=False, plot_hist_n=3)"
+    "report_settings = Report()\n",
+    "report_settings.extended_report = False\n",
+    "report_settings.section.histograms.plot_hist_n = 6\n",
+    "\n",
+    "report.regenerate(report_settings=report_settings)"
    ]
   },
   {