Concepts

Tasks

Logging on as an Administrator

Launch APM with the administrator privilege when you need to customize the product or perform certain administrative tasks.

You can use the administrator privilege to perform the following tasks:

•	Customize the object model and user interface

•	Create and edit customer-level table configurations that are available to all APM users

•	Activate APM workflows

•	Create and modify custom reports

•	Create purging rules

•	Activate CMMS integration

•	Create and assign security profiles

Before you can launch the product as an administrator, the following conditions must be met:

•	Use a thick-client instance to launch the application. The shortcut for the instance used to launch the product must include the “ -admin” option.

Tip: When you create shortcuts using APM Configuration, you can add the option automatically. For more information, see “Setting up a Thick Client” in APM Installation Guide.

•	Your user ID must specify the administration privilege. For information about changing a user ID, see Creating an APM User ID.

Launch the product when these conditions are in place. The APM window opens, and the title bar shows that you are using the administrator privilege. For example: