Objectives:
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The SPARCAdmin module is only accessible by site admins. The landing page should contain tabs including: Catalog Overlords, Users, Permissible Values, Settings, Applications. Each tab will contain a list of entries associated with that tab, i.e. in the Catalog Overlords tab, there is a list of catalog overlords, who have Overlord rights to SPARC. Each tab gives the site admins the ability to either add/remove/modify the list.
Terminology:
Catalog Overlords
Permissible Values
Applications
Features:
Navigation Button - Visible only to site admins
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2. (in SPARC Settings), where the application-level configurations can be set up. Admins can also export the data within the tables (except Applications table).
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1. Navigation
SPARCAdmin navigation button can be added onto the SPARC navigation bar through the setting 'navbar_links'. Once the button is configured, it will show up for all site admin users.
Click on the “SPARCAdmin” button to view all the tabs/pages.
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Applications (API
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No.
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Column Name
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Description
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Database_Name
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Source
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Type
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Name
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Client ID
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Data Created
4. Catalog Overlords
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No.
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Column Name
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Description
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Database_Name
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Source
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Type
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Name
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5. Permissible Values:
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No.
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Column Name
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Description
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Database_Name
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Source
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Type
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Category
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Key
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Value
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Set Order
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Default
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Active
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Updated
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Permissible Values
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Description
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6. Settings
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No.
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Column Name
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Description
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Database_Name
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Source
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Type
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Group
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Key
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Value
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Data Type
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5
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Parent Type
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Parent Value
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Settings
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Description
7. Users
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No.
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Column Name
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Description
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Database_Name
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Source
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Type
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Name
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Phone
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Created at
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Permissible Values
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Description
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Configuration changes:
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configurations)
Before SPARCRequest v3.8.0, SPARCRequest did not have a standardized API exchange password, and was using a fixed account and password for communication with other applications.
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The Applications page is aiming at:
1). The ability to generate API tokens for different applications to use for connection to SPARCRequest has been added;
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2). Generate ‘Client Secret’ key and update as necessary for better security;
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3). Displays an ‘Access log’ which shows the utilization of an API token.
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3. Catalog Overlords
The Catalog Overlords tab is where the list of overlord users can be viewed and managed.
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Catalog Overlords | Description |
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  | Add a new overlord user via ldap search |
 | Remove existing overlord user(s). |
4. Permissible Values:
The Permissible Values tab was added to SPARCAdmin to allow a limited group of frontend users (Site Admins) the ability to adjust what was previously a backend function. Note: ability to edit Reserved values has been disabled.
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Permissible Values | Description |
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| Ability to add a New Permissible Value |
   | Ability to View and/or Edit existing SPARC Permissible Values. |
5. Settings
The Settings tab was added to SPARCAdmin to allow a limited group of frontend users (Site Admins) the ability to edit/view what was previously a backend function.
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Settings | Description |
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   | Ability to View and/or Edit existing SPARC settings. The settings tab does not currently have the ability to add new settings within SPARCAdmin. |
6. Users
The Users tab was added to SPARCAdmin to allow a limited group of front-end users (Site Admins) the ability to better manage profiles and access, which was previously a back-end function.
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Users Tab | Description |
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   | Ability to View and/or Edit existing SPARC user profile information. The Users tab currently does not have the ability to add new Users within SPARCAdmin. |