DSWeb Administrator

DSWeb Administrator

A DSWeb administrator controls aspects of the site appearance, data security and multi-level user access to specific data. An administrator manages:

  • Log-in page logo and text
  • User accounts
  • Connections to DataSight databases
  • Database banners and logos
  • News items and announcements
  • Database, station and variable publishing
  • Individual user permissions to access specific databases, stations, variables and flagged data records and news/report items
  • Visibility of pre-configured graphs on the Overview page
  • User permission to manually enter or upload new data

 

Go to Admin page

  • If you have administration privileges, click Admin tab from the Home page for access to administration functions.

 

Setting

Functionality

Global Settings

·             Login page logo and text

·             Home page header and description

·             Google Map API key

·             The time period for overview graphs

·             The default time period for viewing variable data

Add Database Wizard

Provides step by step instructions for adding a database, stations and variables

Databases

Database management, including alias name, description, banner and logo

Stations

Visibility of stations

Variables

Visibility of variables (including graphs on the Overview and map pages)

Users

Users and their permissions

User Stations

Set station visibility for each user

Flags

Restrict or allow data visibility by DataSight data flags

User Flags

Set data visibility by flag for each user

News

Add, delete and edit news and announcements

Site Statistics

Provides statistical information about DSWeb

 

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