Administration Console (Connected Insights - Local)
If you have the Administrator role, you can use the Administration Console to add users, reset passwords, manage software updates and manage API Keys.
Add/Edit Users
Add users as follows.
From the profile drop-down list, select Administration Console.
Select User Management.
Select Users, and then select Add User.
Populate the following fields:
User Name
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Choose the Workgroup and user's role for the workgroup
Create Temporary Password
Confirm Password
Select Save. The new user appears in the Users section of the Administration Console.
Select the Username to view user details. You can also edit the role and change the password for the user or suspend the account.
Assigning roles to Users
Login to Administration Console.
Select the User from the list
Provide user emailId and select suitable role for the user for Connected Insights
Select Save. The User is assigned the given role for Connected Insights and is ready to use the application and role changes will take effect in the subsequent login for the user account.
❗Illumina recommends having at least two users with Administrator privileges to prevent any potential lockout from the Administrator user login when managing actions on the Administration Console.
Add/Edit Workgroup
Login to the application and launch Administration Console.
Select Workgroups
Select Add Workgroup
Populate the following fields:
Workgroup name; must be unique.
Select users and their roles for the Workgroup.
Select Save. The new workgroup appears in the Workgroups section of the Administration Console.
Select the Workgroup name from table to view workgroup details. You can also edit the workgroup to modify the users and their roles.
❗Allow the application approximately 15 minutes to complete the new workgroup configuration in the background before attempting to access it.
Sign In Security
The Sign In Security section of the Administration Console contains password, session, and security question settings. Password and Session Policy From the Password Policy section, you can change the following password settings:
Password Expiry — The length of time your password is valid (for example, 3 months).
Password Notification — The amount of time before your password expires (for example, 10 days)
Number of Unique Passwords before Reuse — The number of passwords that must be unique before you can start reusing passwords(for example, 3)
Sign Out After — The amount of sign-in attempts before an account is suspended (for example, 3)
Account Suspension Time — The amount of time an account is suspended after exceeding the sign-in attempts (for example, 1 hour)
From the Session Policy section, you can change the idle time limit for a session (for example, 30 minutes). When this limit is reached, the inactive user is signed out. After making any changes, select Save.
❗Any security changes or user account change, will take effect in the subsequent user login for the user account.
Security Questions The Security Questions section shows the security questions that are included with the application. You can edit or remove questions that are not in use by any user accounts, or you can select New Question to add a security question. If this option is selected, a field displays. Type in a new question and select Save.
Reset Password
From the Connected Insights login screen, select Forgot password?.
On the Forgot Password screen, enter a user name in the User Name field and select Reset.
On the Answer Security Questions screen, enter the answer for each question and select Submit. If you do not remember your answers, contact your administrator.
On the Reset Password screen, enter your new password in the New Password and Confirm Password fields and select Reset.
Manage API Keys
Administrator can create and delete the API key.
To generate API Keys, refer to below instructions:
In Connected Insights, select Manage API Keys from the Account drop-down menu.
Select Generate.
Enter a name for the API key.
In the API Key Generated window, select one of the following options:
Show — Reveals the API key.
Download API Key — Downloads the API key in .TXT file format.
Copy the API Key to clip board.
❗ The API key cannot be viewed again after closing this window. Download the API key or save it in a secure location.
Close after you have stored the API key. The API key is added to the Manage API keys list and can be used for API authorization.
To delete existing API Keys, refer to below instructions:
From the User name drop down, select Manage API Keys
In the API Keys list, select Delete icon against an API Key.
A prompt is displayed to confirm the delete action.
Click Yes, delete the API Key. API Key is removed from the list and cannot be used for API authorization.
Email Server Configuration
Application shall send user's temporary passwords and password expiry notifications via email if the below Email server configuration is setup.
Login to the application and launch Administration Console by clicking on the User icon on the right side of the header bar.
Select Email Server Configuration on the left side navigation.
Populate the following fields:
SMTP server address
SMTP server port
Sender's email address - the address user's will receive email from
Enable SSL (or) Enable TLS
Enable Authentication - If authentication is enabled, it will prompt to provide the email server authentication.
Upon providing the above fields, click Send against "Send Test Email".
If the test email is successful, Save button will be enabled.
Select Save to save the email server configuration.
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