IT and Ops
As an Admin, you have a vital role to manage the ThoughtSpot application, including managing users, authentication, deployment, and so on. These are the Admin tasks that you have to complete to make ThoughtSpot available for everyone in your organization.
| 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. |
- Manage users
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Before people can log in and use ThoughtSpot, you need to create a username, a password, and a membership in one or more groups for them. Use the Admin Console to easily create and manage your users.
- Manage groups
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Before people can log in and use ThoughtSpot, you need to create a membership in one or more groups for them, with the correct privileges. Use the Admin Console to easily create and manage your user groups.
- Manage local authentication
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ThoughtSpot supports internal authentication.
- Manage authentication through Active Directory
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ThoughtSpot supports user authentication through Active Directory.
- Manage authentication through SAML
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ThoughtSpot supports user authentication through SAML.
- Sync users and groups from LDAP
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Use this procedure to synchronize your ThoughtSpot system with an LDAP server through Active Directory.
- Software deployment
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Learn how to install ThoughtSpot Software on a cloud provider, VMware, or on a hardware appliance.
- Style customization
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Customize the ThoughtSpot application style.
- Help customization
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Customize the ThoughtSpot help menu.
- View cluster information
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View system information about your cluster.
- View alert information
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View system alerts.
- Monitor app performance
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The Performance Tracking Liveboard contains essential information about your ThoughtSpot cluster’s performance. Use this Liveboard to understand query latency, user traffic, how users are interacting with ThoughtSpot, most frequently loaded tables, and so on.
- View user adoption information
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View the User Adoption Liveboard to learn how your users are interacting with ThoughtSpot.
- In-app acceptance of ThoughtSpot’s use agreement
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Accept ThoughtSpot’s use agreement from within the application.
- Deploy software
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Learn how to install ThoughtSpot Software on a cloud provider, VMware, or on a hardware appliance.
- Troubleshooting
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Learn the basics of troubleshooting for ThoughtSpot.
- Security
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Learn how to implement security features.
- Mobile app
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Access your ThoughtSpot cluster on the ThoughtSpot mobile app to view and create Answers and Liveboards.
