Administrator Capabilities
In Metric Insights, Users that belong to different User Types have a certain set of capabilities. The capabilities of a Regular and Power Users are defined by Privileges and Permissions assigned to them. This article describes capabilities and menu entries that are available to the Administrators only.
NOTE: There is a type of Administrator that has several unique rights. For more information refer to Designate an Administrator as a System Admin article.
Administrator Activities
- Create new Users, maintain and delete User account
- Define system default Templates for User Account Preferences, Alert Subscriptions and Email Notifications
- Define Proxies
- From the Landing Page of Status Monitor monitor Metric Insights performance on:
- Data Collection
- Messages
- Systems Configuration
- Systems Stats
- Construct URLs to embed content in an External Report
Administrator Menu Entries
| Functions |
Menu |
|---|---|
| Privilege Sets | Admin > Users&Groups |
| Remote Data Processors | Admin > Collection&Storage |
| Data Storage | Admin > Collection&Storage |
| Proxies | Admin > Collection&Storage |
| Pipeline | Admin > Collection&Storage |
| Shared Drives | Admin > Distribution |
| Slack Integration | Admin > Distribution |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Admin > Distribution |
Microsoft Teams |
Admin > Distribution |
| Object Templates | Admin > Reference Objects |
Measurement Intervals |
Admin > Reference Objects |
| Measurement Time Calcs | Admin > Reference Objects |
| Document Types | Admin > Reference Objects |
| Status Monitor | Admin > Status Monitor |
| Plugin URLs | Admin > Plugins |
| External Content Types | Admin > Plugins |
License Requests |
Admin > Plugins |
| Advanced Configuration |
Admin > Plugins |
| Import/Export | Admin > Utilities |
| Export Locations | Admin > Utilities |
| Import/Export History | Admin > Utilities |
| Migrate Favorites to Folders | Admin > Utilities |
| Rebuild User Access | Admin > Utilities |
| System Variables (System Administrator only) | Admin > System |
| System Backups (System Administrator only) | Admin > System |
| Branding | Admin > System |
| Vocabulary | Admin > System |
| Custom Scripts | Admin > System |
| Search Setup | Admin > System |
| Certification Setup | Admin > System |
| Privileges | Admin > System |
| Stats Model Templates | Admin > System |
| PowerPoint Templates | Admin > System |
| Charting Options | Admin > System |
| Bulk Change History | Admin > System |
| Identify Profiles | Admin > System |
| External Applications | Admin > System |
| Web Service Credentials | Admin > System |
| Ext Service Credentials | Admin > System |