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To administrate your LimeSurvey installation, click on the '''Configuration''' button located on the top toolbar of LimeSurvey main page:
To administrate your LimeSurvey installation, click on the '''Configuration''' button located in the top toolbar of the home page:
 


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<center>[[File:Configuration dialog.png]]</center>
<center>[[File:Configuration dialog.png]]</center>


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This tab contains five options with which you can customize your LimeSurvey installation:
This tab contains five options with which can be used to customize your LimeSurvey installation:
 
 
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<center>[[File:Settings tab configuration.png]]</center>
<center>[[File:Settings tab configuration.png]]</center>


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You can also customize your LimeSurvey installation from config.php. For more details, read our wiki on [[Optional settings|LimeSurvey optional settings]].
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The '''Users tab''' contains options related to the users and participants' management. If wish to offer different [[Manage users#Grant survey permissions to a user|survey]] or/and [[Manage users#Set global permissions for a user|global permissions]] to your employees/helpers, you have to create users to whom to grant permissions. For an easy management, the users can be grouped into [[Manage user groups|user groups]]. The [[Central participants database|central participant database (CPDB)]] contains survey participants who are allocated to more than one survey or/and are shared with other LimeSurvey survey administrators.
The '''Users tab''' contains options related to the users and participants' management. If you wish to offer different [[Manage users#Grant survey permissions to a user|survey]] and/or [[Manage users#Set global permissions for a user|global permissions]] to your employees/helpers, you have to create users to whom to grant permissions. For an easy management, the users can be grouped into [[Manage user groups|user groups]]. The [[Central Participant Database|central participant database (CPDB)]] contains survey participants who are allocated to more than one survey and/or are shared with other LimeSurvey survey administrators.
Three options are located under the '''Users tab''':
Three options are located under the '''Users tab''':
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<center>[[File:Users tab configuration.png]]</center>
<center>[[File:Users tab configuration.png]]</center>


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*[[Manage users|Manage survey administrators]]
*[[Manage users|Manage survey administrators]]
*[[Manage user groups|Create/edit user groups]]
*[[Manage user groups|Create/edit user groups]]
*[[Central participants database|Central participant database]]
*[[Central Participant Database|Central participant database]]


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You may find under this tab options that are nor users- or settings-related. The '''Advanced tab''' contains functionalities that you can use to enhance your survey or your LimeSurvey installation:
Under this tab you may find options that are neither users- nor settings-related. The '''Advanced tab''' contains functionalities that you can use to enhance your survey or your LimeSurvey installation:
 
 
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<center>[[File:Advanced_tab_configuration.png]]</center>
<center>[[File:Advanced_tab_configuration.png]]</center>


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*[[Template editor|Template editor]]
*[[Theme editor|Theme editor]] (was ''Template editor'')
*[[Label sets|Manage label sets]]
*[[Label sets|Manage label sets]]
*[[Check data integrity|Check data integrity]]
*[[Check data integrity|Check data integrity]]

Revision as of 20:26, 1 June 2018

General

To administrate your LimeSurvey installation, click on the Configuration button located in the top toolbar of the home page:



The menu contains three tabs: settings, users, and advanced.

Settings tab

This tab contains five options with which can be used to customize your LimeSurvey installation:



You can also customize your LimeSurvey installation from config.php. For more details, read our wiki on LimeSurvey optional settings.


Users tab

The Users tab contains options related to the users and participants' management. If you wish to offer different survey and/or global permissions to your employees/helpers, you have to create users to whom to grant permissions. For an easy management, the users can be grouped into user groups. The central participant database (CPDB) contains survey participants who are allocated to more than one survey and/or are shared with other LimeSurvey survey administrators. Three options are located under the Users tab:



Advanced tab

Under this tab you may find options that are neither users- nor settings-related. The Advanced tab contains functionalities that you can use to enhance your survey or your LimeSurvey installation: