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This section gives basic information about some of the functions available through the administrator Setup menu.

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Tables

The Setup > LicenseTables menu contains tabs for Active and Inactive Tables. These tabs show table trees, or lists, of the tables in the system, and they also have an action bar. The Standard System Demo does not have any inactive tables by default.

Click New to create a brand new table, or select a table and then one of the other options from the action bar. If you select a table and click New, it creates a subtable. Tables that already have subtables have + icons to their left.

Rules

The Setup > Rules menu shows default and custom business rules from every table. Rule types have different naming conventions which can be read about here. In the Free Edition, time-based rules can only run once every 48 hours.

All time-based rules are disabled by default in the Standard System Demo. To enable time-based rules, go to Setup > Rules. Click the Edit icon next to the time-based rule you want to enable. On the General tab, select Yes under Rule is enabled.

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Workflow

The Setup > Workflow menu displays the table tree, and an Edit option. Select a table and click Edit to edit a table's workflow menu allows administrators to manage licenses, request new licenses, and view usage of current licenses.  Assigned licenses may be automatically assigned to specific users based on the criteria of a saved search, and users may be terminated from a license if they leave the company.

Access

The Setup > Access menu allows administrators to manage group permissions, teams, and user authentication methods.  For instance, it is , including two-factor authentication. It is also used to configure authentication via Active Directory or LDAP, Single Sign-On, and SAMLconfiguration, and to define hyperlink security settings.

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Email and

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SMS

The The Setup > Import and Setup > Export wizards help administrators import and export data, or copies of their Knowledgebases. This involves defining the KB file's location, name, and format, along with settings for what data is to be exported/imported. 

Look & Feel 

Email and SMS menu allows administrators to construct or adjust email settings such as server and account configurations, as well as view email templates. The menu also allows administrators to construct or adjust SMS settings such as services and outbound account settings, as well as view SMS templates.

System

The Setup > System menu allows administrators to set global variables. You can also select time zones, which set the time standard used by every field in the KB. Administrators can also configure the Activity Log, manage choice lists, edit page headers for the KB, configure SOAP/REST web services, customize help links, and choose security options. 

Look and Feel 

The Setup > Look and Feel menu

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allows you to apply different colors, fonts and image schemes to different teams. The user's Primary Team sets their Look & Feel scheme. The Standard System Knowledgebase Demo applies the same same Look and Feel to scheme to all teams by default, but this is configurable under they can be customized in this same menu. Setup > Look & Feel. This section is and Feel is also used to define how required fields are displayed and the order of the tables in the left pane, as well as how required fields are indicated within records.

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End User FAQs

The Setup > Rules menu shows default and custom business rules from every table. Rules which run on a time-based schedule are prefixed "TB." In the Free Edition, time-based rules can only run once every 48 hours.

All time-based rules are disabled by default in the Standard Knowledgebase template. To enable time-based rules, go to Setup > Rules. Click the Edit icon next to the TB rule you want to enable. On the General tab of the rule dialog, scroll down to select Yes under Rule is enabled.
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Sync

The Setup > Sync interface allows administrators to configure external system synchronization, and can also be used to transfer the structure of one KB to another.

System

End User FAQs menu allows you to configure the End User Interface to show selected records from any table in a specialized display.

Chat

The Setup > Chat menu allows you to configure the appearance and behavior of chat sessions between power users and end users.

License

The Setup > License menu allows administrators to request a new license, manage existing licenses, and view the usage of current licenses. Assigned licenses may be automatically assigned to specific users based on the criteria of a saved search, and users may be terminated from a license if they leave the company.

Import and Export

The Setup > Import and Setup > Export wizards help administrators import and export data, such as copies of their KBs. This involves defining the KB file's source, name, and format, along with settings for the exported/imported dataThe Setup > System menu allows administrators to set global variables and the KB Time Zone, the time standard used by all fields. Administrators can also configure the Activity Log, manage choice lists, edit page headers for the Knowledgebase, view log files, and configure SOAP/REST web services.

Localization

The Setup > Localization wizard wizard assists administrators with translating KB text in the Knowledgebase to into other languages. The The Localization wizard gives a breakdown of the system by table with assigning red markings on to tables that need might require translation. The administrator may can download the a text file containing all the relevant field names, input instructions, etc. After translating the file into the target language, use the Localization wizard to upload the translation file.

Sync

The Setup > Sync interface allows administrators to create entity sets, verify KB data health, view entity set dependencies, and configure external system synchronization.

Integration

Use the The Setup > Integrations menu allows administrators to configure third-party integrations like e-signature, remote desktop support, and connect to thefor Twitter, Skype, LogMeIn Rescue, Payment Accounts, Adobe Sign, AI (if the user has an enterprise or enterprise extended license), Alexa, Bomgar, DocuSign, Microsoft Word, Intelligent OCR, SCCM, Jira, and Machine Translate.

Translation

The Setup > Translation allows you to view translations after enabling a Google API key and selecting a language at Setup > Integration > Machine Translate Hosted Word API.