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Admin Menu

⚠Only admin users can access the Admin menu.

The Admin menu provides a user interface to manage and configure features in edgeCore. When you start up and log into a standalone edgeCore instance for the first time, the instance is not licensed, so you will only have access to the License and Backup & Restore pages.

To expand the admin menu and view the labels when you hover over the menu, click the Text icon/Show Labels in the bottom-left corner (applies to the 4.3.8 version).

If you no longer want to see the labels/expand the menu, click Hide Labels.

In the 4.3.7 version, the menu is automatically expanded when you hover over it. If you do not want the admin menu to be expanded, you can disable the feature by turning off the Show Labels toggle switch.

Admin Menu Items

The Admin menu is made up of the following items:

Admin Menu Items	Description
Manage Pages	Enables you to select a specific page and make changes to it as well as perform actions on the page’s visualizations;
Pages	Provides a list of all pages you created in edgeCore; Pages represent a named collection of visualizations in edge;
New Page	Enables you to create/add a new page and set an icon for it;
Pipeline	Used to manage data in edgeCore; The pipeline provides a visual way to transform or filter raw data in order to create a visualization;
Connections	Enables you to connect a variety of different sources and pull in data from them;
Provision	Enables you to map users to content;
Backup & Restore	Enables you to back up the system;
Rule Sets	Collection of rules used to map values in the data to a visual presentation;
Constraints	Used to restrict the input side of a variable; Constraints prevent users from breaking queries and scripts with invalid values;
Client Filters	Filtering used to reduce the number of records displayed in a visualization;

System Menu

The system menu is accessed by clicking the hamburger menu in the top-right corner. The contents/sections of the system menu are organized around administration functions.

By default, end-users (those that have the All Users system role) have access to the following in the system menu:

Messages (User section)
Preferences (User section)
Logout (User section)
About (System section)

If you want end-users to have access to other sections/pages in the system menu, you will need to grant them corresponding permissions on the Provision Roles page.

System Menu Sections

The System menu is made up of the following sections:

System Menu Sections	Description
User	Provides access to the following: Messages: captures events or errors and alerts users of unread events; Preferences: enables you to define the user’s language, region, and time zone; Change Password: enables you to change your password; End-users do not have the option to change their password by default, so the admin user can either change the password on their behalf or grant them the corresponding permission; Logout: enables you to log out of the system;
Content	Provides access to the following: Connections: enables you to connect a variety of different sources and pull in data from them; Pipeline: enables you to manage data in edgeCore; The pipeline provides a visual way to transform or filter raw data in order to create a visualization; Pages: enables you to access and view a list of all pages you created in edgeCore; Provisioning (Domains, Roles, Users, Defaults): enables you to map users to content; Backup & Restore: enables you to back up the system;
Manage	Provides access to the following: Extensions: enables you to upload, activate, and deactivate web adapters and custom visualizations; Prior to the 4.3.0 version, the Extensions page was called Adapters in the system menu; Client Filters: enables you to reduce the number of records displayed in a visualization; Color Palettes: enables you to manage color palettes in order to create vivid visualizations; Constraints: enables you to restrict the input side of a variable to prevent users from breaking queries and scripts with invalid values; Map Layers: enables you to manage tiles and layers for maps; Rule Sets: enables you to use a collection of rules to map values in the data to a visual presentation; Theme Management: enables you to add, edit/override CSS, and delete custom themes (introduced in 4.3.9).
System	Provides access to the following: About: enables you to see what version of edgeCore you are using; Job Status: enables you to view job updates (queries, web retrievals, etc.); License: enables you to view the current license status and update the license; Server Logs: enables you to access, view, and download the contents of all log files (introduced in 4.3.8); Sessions: enables you to view and manage active sessions; Server Cluster: enables you to initialize a server cluster, add servers to the cluster, and manage snapshot creation and deployment; System Info: helps you better understand the installation by providing information such as what features you have enabled, the cache and auth database you are using, etc. Admin Tools: enables you to access the following: – system configuration keys and their values; – Public APIs /interactive API documentation (introduced in 4.3.3);