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.

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

• Manage ThoughtSpot users
  Create, edit, or delete users.
• Manage ThoughtSpot groups
  Create, edit, or delete groups.

Configure authentication

• Manage local authentication
  Enable or disable ThoughtSpot’s local authentication.
• Configure SAML authentication
  Integrate with SAML for single sign-on (SSO) authentication.
• 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

• Configure SSL
  Use SSL for authentication and data security when you send data to and from ThoughtSpot.
• 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.
• 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.
• Customize ThoughtSpot help
  Customize ThoughtSpot Help to be specific to your data, examples, and documentation.
• Customize Answer actions menu
  Add custom actions to the more options menu for Answers.
• Customize application style
  Starting with release 6.2.1, you can change the overall style of your ThoughtSpot interface from the Admin Console: logo, colors, fonts, and footer text.

Manage backup and storage options

• Configure NAS for backup storage
  Use network attached storage to support backup/restore and data loading.
• Manage and create snapshots
  Create and manage snapshots, which you can use to restore the cluster to a specific point in time.

Monitor system

• View System Overview Pinboard
  View and explore your users’ activity on the system overview Pinboard.
• View System Cluster Pinboard
  View and explore cluster activity on the system cluster Pinboard.
• View System Alerts Pinboard
  View and explore system alerts, configuration events, and notification events on the system alerts Pinboard.

Upgrade your cluster

• Monitor available cluster updates
  View available cluster updates.