Site Admins

Manage the team of Site Administrators for the platform.

Table of Contents

1. What are the components of the Site Administration section?
2. What is the difference between a Site Administrator, Business Administrator, and API Owner?
3. How do I invite someone to be a Site Administrator?
4. How do I invite non-members to be Site Administrators?
5. How do I respond to a Site Administrator invitation?
6. How do I cancel a Site Administrator invitation?
7. How do I remove a Site Administrator who is assigned to the platform deployment?

What are the components of the Site Administration section?

The Site Administration quick filter launches the Site Administration section. Authorized site administrators can send out invitations to others whom they would like to invite to be site admins. All site admins have the same administration privileges for the platform deployment and can configure authentication domains that can be customized and assigned to APIs that are part of the platform deployment.

Invite Administrators

The Invite More function allows you to send invitations to individuals that you would like grant administration privileges for your API.

• Existing administrators are displayed in a summary listing.
• When an invitation is sent a request email is issued.
• The invitee receives an invitation request on their Dashboard page. If the invitee is not a platform member, they must sign up using the same email address that the invitation is addressed to in order to accept the invitation via their Dashboard.

View Administrators

When an administrator invitation is submitted, the username, email address, and invitation status (i.e., Email Sent, Approved, or Rejected) of the invitee is added to the Site Admins Summary.

Manage Administrators

Site Administrators can remove an Administrator from the listing.

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What is the difference between a Site Administrator, Business Administrator, and API Owner?

• When your platform is initially installed, configured, and deployed a Site Administrator is created at that time. Note that the default Site Administrator role is not automatically assigned the Business Administrator role.
• All other user accounts created via the platform are added to the Policy Manager instance where the tenant is defined.
• Each user account is automatically assigned Registered Users Group and API Owner role.
• The Site Administrator configures the API Owner role based on the visibility requirements of the tenant and intended usage. For example, if the intended usage of the platform was to allow users to add an API, the API Owner role would be configured with an "Add" privilege. If the intended usage of the platform was to not allow users to add an API, no privileges would be configured.
• Site Administrators that would like to grant additional API and App management privileges to specific users can do so by sending a Business Administrator invitation via Site Administration > Business Adm. to selected platform users. See What roles can a Business Administrator perform? for more information on the roles a Business Administrator can perform.
• Business Administrators are part of the Business Administrator group via Site Administration > Business Adm. See What are the components of the Business Admin page? for more information.
• Note that only Business Administrators can add APIs. Site Administrators are not authorized to add APIs but can manage Business Administrators.

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How do I invite someone to be a Site Administrator?

The Site Administration > Site Admins page includes an administrator invitation function that allows you to send out invitations to individuals that you would like to grant administration privileges for the current platform deployment.

• During the platform installation, an initial site administration account is defined.
• This initial administrator privilege is automatically approved and is posted to the Site Admins.
• You can invite additional administrators using the Invite More function.

To invite someone to be a site admin:

1. Click the Site Administration quick filter icon on the top navigation. The Site Admins page displays.
2. Click Invite More. The Invite Administrators page displays.
3. In the Email text box, enter the email address of individuals you would like to invite to your development team. Separate each email address with a comma.
4. In the Add a Brief Message text box, specify the invitation text you would like to send to your invitees.
5. After completing your entries, click Invite. The invitation email is sent to the invitee.
6. After the email invitation is sent, the platform will post an administrator invitation to the member's Dashboard. The invited platform member can then log into the platform to accept or decline the administrator invitation.

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How do I invite non-members to be Site Administrators?

If you have already received a Site Administrator invitation and are not currently a platform member, you must sign up to the platform using the email address that the invitation was issued to in order to accept the invitation. Currently only platform members can be invited to be Site Administrators. See Basics for more information.

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How do I respond to a Site Administrator invitation?

If you receive an invitation via email to be a Site Administrator for the platform deployment you can accept or reject the invitation.

• You must be a platform member to join a development team.
• If you have already received an invitation and are not currently a platform member, you must sign up to the platform using the email address that the invitation was issued to in order to accept the invitation.
• If you are not currently a member, see Basics for sign up information.

To accept a Site Administrator invitation:

1. Click the link in the Site Administrator invitation email, log into the platform, and go to your Dashboard page.
2. Choose your Site Administrator invitation in the newsfeed.
3. To accept the Site Administrator invitation, click Accept. The Accept this invitation text box displays. Enter a comment (if applicable) and click Confirm. The status changes to Invitation Accepted.
4. To view administrators for the platform deployment, click the Site Administration quick filter icon on the platform top navigation. The Site Admins page displays. Your username, email address, and Approved invitation status displays. You can also view a listing of other platform members that are Site Administrators.

To decline a Site Administrator invitation:

1. Click the link in the Site Administrator invitation email, log into the platform, and go to your Dashboard page.
2. Choose your Site Administrator invitation in the newsfeed.
3. To decline a Site Administrator invitation, click Decline. The Decline this invitation text box displays. Enter a comment (if applicable) and click Confirm. The status changes to Invitation Declined.

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How do I cancel a Site Administrator invitation?

Once an invitation is sent to an individual you would like to be a Site Administrator, the invitation itself cannot be revoked. A platform member can choose to accept or decline the invitation. If they choose to accept the invitation, you can remove the Site Administrator from the Site Admins page by clicking Remove. See How do I remove a Site Administrator who is assigned to the platform deployment?

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How do I remove a Site Administrator who is assigned to the platform deployment?

Any Site Administrator can remove other administrators from the platform deployment.

To remove someone from the Site Admin team:

1. Click the Site Administration quick filter icon on the platform top navigation. The Site Admins page displays.
2. To remove a Site Administrator from the platform deployment, choose the line item of the Site Administrator and click Remove.

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