Admin
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Admin

Allows you to administer users and groups. You can set access rights and view system logs.

Users, groups and access rights are all specific to the domain using which you have logged in. You will not be able to login nor use these access rights on another domain.

Users

The screen displays the list of users and the groups to which they belong.

Figure 2.23. List of Users

List of Users

To enable or disable a user, toggle the Enabled checkbox.

To make or remove an user as an administrator, toggle the Administrator checkbox.

Adding a User

  1. Click Add.

  2. Fill in the appropriate details.

    Figure 2.24. Add a User

    Add a User

  3. Optionally, to add the user to a group, click the icon next to the group.

  4. Click Save to add the user.

Editing a User

The user name cannot be edited. To edit the other details, click the user name from the Users screen and follow the process as described in the section called “Adding a User”.

Deleting a User

Click the user name from the Users screen, and click Delete.

Groups

Adding a Group

  1. Click Add.

  2. Fill in the appropriate details.

    Figure 2.25. Add a Group

    Add a Group

  3. Optionally, to add a user to the group, click the icon next to the user.

  4. Click Save to add the group.

Editing a Group

The group name cannot be edited. To edit the users in a group, click the group name from the Groups screen and follow the process as described in the section called “Adding a Group”.

Deleting a Group

Click the group name from the Groups screen, and click Delete.

Access matrix

Allows you to set the access rights for each user. The access rights are:

Figure 2.26. Access Matrix

Access Matrix

  1. AdhocDashboardEdit: Allows the user to create, edit and delete dashboards.

  2. AdhocDashboardView: Allows the user to only view dashboards. The user cannot create, edit and delete dashboards.

  3. AdhocReportEdit: Allows the user to create, edit and delete reports.

  4. AdhocReportView: Allows the user to only view reports. The user cannot create, edit and delete reports.

  5. SignIn: Allows the user to sign in to the Ambience Web Interface.

Logs

You can view logs of everything that takes place on the system. All user logs are displayed for you to view as an administrator, and take the appropriate actions.

Figure 2.27. Admin Logs

Admin Logs

Drivers

This page lists the JDBC driver configuration for databases that have been configured on the system.

Figure 2.28. JDBC Drivers

JDBC Drivers

To enable or disable a driver configuration, toggle the Enabled checkbox.

To delete a driver configuration, click Delete.

Adding a Driver Configuration

  1. Click Add Driver.
  2. Enter the appropriate driver details as shown in the following example:

    Figure 2.29. JDBC Drivers

    JDBC Drivers
  3. Click Save to save the driver configuration.

These driver configurations are displayed as driver suggestions in various other screens where JDBC drivers are used. For example, the Connection Pool wizard displays these driver suggestions as shown in Figure 2.30, “JDBC Driver Suggestions”:

Figure 2.30. JDBC Driver Suggestions

JDBC Driver Suggestions

Download the appropriate driver files from the respective database vendors. Place them in the /lib directory and restart the server to have them loaded.

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