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Administration console
The Administration Console enables authorized users to manage a suite of administrative tasks.
User administration
User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units.
Business unit management
Business units can be an important organizational tool.

Introduction
Introduction to the Touchstone Re application.
Companies
A company is unique entity in Touchstone Re.
Company data (exposures)
Companies are associated with exposure data.
Programs
A program is integral to a company and it's exposure data in Touchstone Re.
Portfolios
A portfolio is a group of treaties selected from across companies.
Import
Import exposure data from external sources into Verisk databases.
Export
Export exposure data, results, reports, and companies out of Touchstone Re.
Loss results
The Loss Results pane for a company lists all loss analyses that have been executed for the company.
Analysis
An analysis in Touchstone Re is a probabilistic analysis of your aggregated loss or exposure data.
Tools
Tools to manage Touchstone Re and its data.
Administration console
The Administration Console enables authorized users to manage a suite of administrative tasks.
- User administration
  User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units.
  - User group management
    An administrator must explicitly add each user to the pool of users and assign each user to a role and a business unit.
  - Business unit management
    Business units can be an important organizational tool.
    - Business unit rules
      Summary of business unit rules.
    - Business unit behavior
      Business units have certain behaviors.
    - Business unit license
      We issue all model and application licenses.
    - Create a business unit
      Only users with system administrator permissions can create a new business unit.
    - Delete a business unit
      Only users with system administrator permissions can delete a new business unit.
- Global defaults
  Manage global defaults for the application.
- Event set management
  Your Touchstone Re installation includes event set files for each peril and region licensed by your company.
- Loss defaults
  Loss Defaults provides tools for administrators to set defaults for use when loss analyses are run.
- License management
  Tools to managing application licensing.
- HPC resource management
  HPC Resource Management provides tools to configure HPC (High Performance Computing) resources.
- Server administration
  Server administrators can perform a suite of tasks.
- Object management
  Administration of Touchstone Re templates, objects, zones, and adjustment factors.
Reference
Supporting information on various topics associated with Touchstone Re.

Business unit management

Business units can be an important organizational tool.

Admin > Administration Console > User Administration > Business Unit Management

Multiple business units allows for:

Partition of data into separate databases for accumulation management.
Separation of data by business unit, team/office, or workflow.
Control access to appropriate users.


Parameters and Buttons	Description
Common buttons	Use these buttons (when applicable) and the parameters below when adding and editing business units.
Installation	Select the installation where you want to manage the business unit: Touchstone Re or Touchstone.
Business Unit Name	Enter a name for the business unit. The only valid characters are: A-Z, 0-9, - (hyphen), and & (ampersand).
Business Unit Description	[Optional] Enter a description.
Sql Instance	Type or select SQL instance.
Exposure database suffix Result Database suffix	Not used by Touchstone Re.
License file	Primary license, Business Unit license; refer to Business unit license for more more information.

Users with the proper permission will be able to view the list of Users associated with the business unit.