Understanding Administration Pages

You use the Console and Classic Administration pages to configure and manage your cloud service.

You must have the BI Service Administrator role to access these pages and perform administration tasks.

Product	Administration Page	Role Required	Description and How to Access
Oracle Analytics Cloud	Console	BI Service Administrator	Use the Console to manage user permissions, back up everyone's content, register safe domains, configure your virus scanner, email server, deliveries, and more. You can also diagnose issues with SQL queries from the Console. Manage What Users Can See and Do Take Snapshots and Restore Register Safe Domains Monitor Users and Activity Logs Run Test SQL Queries
Oracle Analytics Cloud	Classic Administration	BI Service Administrator	Most options on the Classic Administration page are exposed through the Console. Only use the Classic Administration page if you're familiar with on-premise products that use a similar page. See About the Classic Administration Page.

Tools for Other Administration Tasks

You use a different tool (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console) to perform service-level lifecycle tasks and identity management tasks. Additional roles are required to access and perform administrative tasks in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Console and instructions for these tasks are available in other guides.

Tasks	Administration Tool	Role Required	More Information
Lifecycle Service-level tasks such as create Oracle Analytics Cloud instance, pause, resume, monitor, delete, scale, and so on.	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console	OCI Cloud Account Administrator	Use OCI Console to perform service-level lifecycle tasks. See Typical Workflow for Administrators.
Identity Management User and group management for Oracle Analytics Cloud.	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console	Identity Domain Administrator	The way you add and manage users depends whether your tenancy includes IAM identity domains or Oracle Identity Cloud Service. See About Setting Up Users and Groups.

About the Console

You use the Console to configure and manage your service. You must have the BI Service Administrator role to access the Console and perform administration tasks.

Management and Administration

Task	More Information
Content Management	View content and change ownership. See Manage Content.
Issue SQL	Test and debug SQL queries. See Run Test SQL Queries.
Monitor Deliveries	Track deliveries sent by the email server. See Track the Reports You Distribute By Email or Through Agents.
Roles and Permissions	Configure what users see and do through application roles. See Manage What Users Can See and Do.
Session and Query Logs	Analyze SQL queries and logs. Filter SQL queries and logs by user. See Monitor Users and Activity Logs.
Snapshots	Back up and restore the semantic model, catalog content, and application roles using a file called a snapshot. See Take Snapshots and Restore.

Extensions and Enrichment

Task	More Information
Data Enrichment	Manage business-specific reference knowledge. See Add Custom Knowledge for Data Enrichment.
Extensions	Upload custom visualization types or custom data actions. See Manage Custom Plug-ins.
Large Language Models	Register external large language models (LLMs) to power Oracle Analytics. See Configure Generative AI Services.
Maps	Define how users display their data on maps. See Manage Map Information For Analyses.

Configuration and Settings

Task	More Information
Advanced System Settings	Set advanced options for Oracle Analytics Cloud. See Configure Advanced System Settings.
Content-sharing platforms	Enable users to share content on various platforms, such as Slack and X. See Integrate with Content-Sharing Platforms for Sharing Visualizations.
Database connections	Create and manage database connections for semantic models built with the Model Administration Tool. See Manage Database Connections for Model Administration Tool.
Layouts and Themes	Add custom structure and styling for your workbooks. See Configure Settings for Canvas Layout Templates and Configure Settings for Workbook Themes.
Mail Settings	Connect to your email server. See Set Up a Mail Server to Deliver Reports.
Remote Data Connectivity	Register one or more Data Gateway agents to connect to remote on-premises data sources. See Configure and Register Data Gateway for Data Visualization.
Safe Domains	Authorize access to safe domains. See Register Safe Domains.
Search Index	Set up how content is indexed and crawled so users always find the latest information when they search. See Schedule Regular Content Crawls and Monitor Search Crawl Jobs.
Virus Scanner	Connect to your virus scanning server. See Configure a Virus Scanner.
Workbook Translations	Localize captions displayed in workbooks. See Localize Data Visualization Workbook Captions.

About the Classic Administration Page

Only use the Classic Administration page if you're familiar with on-premise products that use a similar page. Most options on the Classic Administration page are exposed through the Console and where available, we recommend that you use the Console for configuration.

Task	More Information
Manage Privileges	Oracle recommends that you keep the default privileges because they’re optimized for Oracle Analytics. Editing privileges might result in unexpected behavior or access to features.
Manage Sessions	Analyze SQL queries and logs. Troubleshoot report queries. Filter SQL queries and logs by user. See Monitor Users and Activity Logs.
Manage Agent Sessions	Currently not available in Oracle Analytics Cloud.
Manage Device Types	Add devices that can deliver content for your organization. See Manage the Types of Devices that Deliver Content
Toggle Maintenance Mode	Indicates whether Maintenance Mode is on or off. In Maintenance Mode, you make the catalog read-only so that other users can't modify its content. Users can still view objects in the catalog, but they can't update them. Some features, such as the "most recently used" list aren't available.
Reload Files and Metadata	Use this link to reload XML message files, refresh metadata, and clear caches. You might want to do this after uploading new data, for example if you add or update a semantic model.
Reload Log Configuration	Oracle recommends that you keep the default log level. Oracle Support might suggest you change the log level to help troubleshoot an issue.
Export Fallback Font	Oracle recommends that you use the default Go Noto font as the fallback font in Classic reports and dashboards. Used when the default PDF fonts (such as Helvetica, Times-Roman, and Courier) can’t display non-Western characters included in the data when generating PDF output. See Open-Source Fonts Replace Licensed Monotype Fonts.
Issue SQL	Test and debug SQL queries. See Run Test SQL Queries.
Scan and Update Catalog Objects That Require Updates	Use this link to scan the catalog and update any objects that were saved with earlier updates of Oracle Analytics.
Manage Themes	Change the default logo, colors, and heading styles for reporting pages, dashboards, and analyses. See Manage Themes.
Manage Captions	Localize the names (captions) of reporting objects that users create. See Localize Your Captions.
Manage Map Data	Define how users display their data on maps. See Manage Map Information For Analyses.
Manage Publisher	Set up data sources for pixel-perfect reports and delivery destinations. Configure the scheduler, font mappings, and many other runtime options. See Introduction to Publisher Administration .
Configure Crawl	This option is available through the Console. See Schedule Regular Content Crawls.
Monitor Crawl	This option is available through the Console. See Monitor Search Crawl Jobs.