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 Users

All users are internally assigned to a default workgroup generated by the application. Add users as follows.

  1. From the profile drop-down list, select Administration Console.

  2. Select User Management.

  3. Select Users, and then select Add User.

  4. Populate the following fields:

    • User Name

    • First Name

    • Last Name

    • Email Address

    • Role

    • Create Temporary Password

    • Confirm Password

  5. Select Save. The new user appears in the Users section of the Administration Console.

  6. 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

  1. Login to Administration Console.

  2. Select the User from the list

  3. Provide user emailId and select suitable role for the user for Connected Insights

  4. 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.

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

  1. From the Connected Insights login screen, select Forgot password?.

  2. On the Forgot Password screen, enter a user name in the User Name field and select Reset.

  3. 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.

  4. 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:

  1. In Connected Insights, select Manage API Keys from the Account drop-down menu.

  2. Select Generate.

  3. Enter a name for the API key.

  4. 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.

  1. 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:

  1. From the User name drop down, select Manage API Keys

  2. In the API Keys list, select Delete icon against an API Key.

  3. A prompt is displayed to confirm the delete action.

  4. Click Yes, delete the API Key. API Key is removed from the list and cannot be used for API authorization.

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