Settings

The Settings page provides access to system information and global settings. Only the Administrator and System Administrator roles can access this page.

The information and settings available on this page is provided in several different tabs, each of which is explained below.

General

The General tab provides the licensing information for the instance of Flowlink Cipher in use. This information includes:

• The number of active sites currently using the license.

• The total number of sites in the system; this includes both active and inactive sites.

• The maximum number of active sites allowed with the license. If the maximum number of sites has been met, any additional sites will be added to the system, but will not be set to active and cannot receive data.

• The number of remaining sites available for the license.

• The subscription start and expiry dates.

• The number of days left before the expiry date of the license. A series of reminder emails will be sent to the system administrator accounts as the expiry date approaches. Emails will be sent 3 months, 2 months, 1 month and 1 week before the expiry date, as well as daily within the last week.

• The web address to which the deployment is connected.

• The name of the Flowlink Cipher instance to which the user is connected. Each Flowlink Cipher client has a different code.

• The current version of the Flowlink Cipher deployment.

Tenants

The Tenants tab is used to enable and define the tenants functionality.

Tenants are used by a system administrator to segment sites and user accounts into separate private areas to control the access that specific user accounts have to a selection of sites. This capability is applicable to Flowlink Cipher subscription owners who are managing the sites and accounts for separate client end users. Only users with the System Administrator role can enable the tenants functionality.

Once the Tenants feature has been enabled and a tenant has been created, user accounts and sites can be assigned to the tenant. Sites that have not been assigned to a tenant will remain in the default Global tenant. Once a user has been assigned to a tenant, they will only have access to sites that have been assigned to that same tenant. The image below shows the potential scenarios involving tenants, users and sites.

1. Click the Tenants tab.

2. Click the Enabled check box to enable the tenant functionality.

3. Click Apply.

A table is added to the tab, populated with information about the number of active and available sites and the default Global tenant. All tenants other than the default Global tenant must be created manually.

To add a tenant:

1. Click the Add New Tenant button.

A new field is displayed below the table.

2. Enter a name for the new tenant.

3. Click Save.

The new tenant is added as a new row in the table.

A dialog box is displayed.

5. Click on the color to assign to the tenant.

The dialog box is closed and the tenant color icon is now displayed in the selected color. This color will be used as an identifier when viewing sites and users assigned to the tenant. Next the tenant settings need to be defined.

The Tenant Name, Site Count Limit and Expiry Date fields can now be edited.

• The Site Count Limit is the maximum number of sites that can be assigned to a tenant. New sites created in the tenant when the site count limit has already been met will be created as inactive sites. Data ingested for these sites will not be stored in Cipher.

• The Expiry Date is the expiry for the tenant. After this date, users and sites cannot be added to the tenant. Also, users already assigned to this tenant will not be able to log into the system after this date.

7. Enter the maximum number of sites for the tenant.

8. Enter an expiry date for the tenant.

9. Click the Save button.

Tools are available in various pages to assign users and sites to the tenants as needed. See Sites and Users for information on these tools.

System Log

The System Log tab contains a log of all activity within the application. Each log entry identifies the activity that took place, the user that made the change (if applicable) and the timestamp of the activity.

1. Click Download Log File.

2. Define a name and location for the file.

3. Click Save.

A textual note can be added to an entry, if desired, to provide further information about the alarm. To add a note:

1. Click Add a note below the relevant log entry.

2. Enter the text in the field provided.

3. Click the Save button.

Log Files

The Log Files tab provides access to a series of system-level log files.

1. Click the View label at the end of a row to open the log file.

2. Click the Download Log File button to download the individual log entry.

Logo

The Logo tab is used to select an image to display as a company logo on the interface of the application.

The logo will be displayed in the blue menu bar beside the Flowlink Cipher logo at the top of the screen, and at the bottom of the expanding side bar when expanded. An example is shown below.

The supported formats for the logo image are PNG and JPG. When a file has been selected, the image and its file name will be displayed on this tab.

To apply a logo:

1. Clock the Choose File button.

2. A Windows Open dialog box is displayed.

3. Select the relevant image file and click Open.