Admin console
Learn how the Admin Console can help you manage users, groups, security, authentication, and much more.
The Admin Console provides you with an intuitive, user-friendly interface to accomplish most of the necessary tasks for administering ThoughtSpot.
| Starting in May 2022, ThoughtSpot rebranded pinboards as Liveboards. For backward compatibility, we currently support internal processes and external methods that use the older naming convention. |
Navigate to the Admin Console by selecting Admin from the top navigation bar.
You can complete the following tasks in the Admin Console:
Manage users and groups
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Manage ThoughtSpot users: Create, edit, or delete users.
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Manage ThoughtSpot groups: Create, edit, or delete groups.
Configure authentication
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Manage local authentication: Enable or disable ThoughtSpot’s local authentication.
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Configure SAML authentication: Integrate with SAML for single sign-on (SSO) authentication.
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Configure LDAP authentication through Active Directory: Integrate with LDAP to authenticate users against a secure LDAP server.
Manage settings: SSL, support, and application and menu customization
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Configure SSL: Use SSL for authentication and data security when you send data to and from ThoughtSpot.
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Configure a reverse SSH tunnel: Set up a reverse tunnel to allow ThoughtSpot Support to get access to your ThoughtSpot instance, to perform support-related activities.
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Set the relay host for SMTP (email): Set up a relay host for SMTP traffic, to route the alert and notification emails coming from ThoughtSpot through an SMTP email server.
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Customize ThoughtSpot help: Customize ThoughtSpot Help to be specific to your data, examples, and documentation.
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Customize application style: Change the overall style of your ThoughtSpot interface: logo, colors, fonts, and footer text.
Manage backup and storage options
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Configure NAS for backup storage: Use network attached storage to support backup/restore and data loading.
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Manage and create snapshots: Create and manage snapshots, which you can use to restore the cluster to a specific point in time.
Monitor system
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View System Cluster Liveboard: View and explore cluster activity on the system cluster Liveboard.
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View System Alerts Liveboard: View and explore system alerts, configuration events, and notification events on the system alerts Liveboard.
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View System information and usage Liveboard: View and explore the cluster summary, critical alerts, and usage information on the System information and Usage Liveboard.
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View Table status Liveboard: View and explore node information and details about table and token indexing and table loading on the Table status Liveboard.
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View User Adoption Liveboard: View and explore visualizations about how your ThoughtSpot users are interacting with ThoughtSpot, and how your user adoption is changing over time on the User Adoption Liveboard.
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View Performance Tracking Liveboard: View and explore visualizations about your ThoughtSpot cluster’s performance on the Performance Tracking Liveboard.
