"whatever setting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something is true or applicable regardless of the circumstances. For example, "Whatever setting he’s in, Jack always manages to be the life of the party."
Whatever setting you choose for this post will also apply to every post from now on, or until you change it again.
People are people in whatever setting — they bring their luggage of stuff, we all do — and the dynamics in the workplace are a function of the interaction of what we all have in our suitcases.
From today, whatever setting users choose for "Sharing on Facebook" will now automatically be applied to any new products.
So when you head out to the field, court, course, or whatever setting you perform in for the first competition of the season, you will have done all of the "heavy lifting" necessary and you can say, "I'm totally prepared to perform my best and achieve my goals".
In whatever setting, he never lost the reputation for decisiveness he had gained at the civil rights barricades.
The transparency that marked the pre-show activity continued for the rest of the evening: short films like this, both animated and live-action, were shown between the dances, as the techies did whatever setting up they needed to do.
Whatever set off the rioting in Lhasa, it was extremely violent.
With its Laurie Anderson-like echoes and deadpan unfinished sentences ("My name is — whatever") set over minimal electronic melodies, the score alone is a delight.
Often there's a certain piquancy or grace about the last paragraphs but in some ways it's not as interesting as whatever set up the beginning and the rest of the book.
Whatever sets us apart, it isn't very much.
So next time you hear that new Selena Gomez song or whatever, set aside the cynicism for a second, and just try to have fun.
