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=General= <!--T:2-->
To administrate your LimeSurvey installation, click the '''Configuration''' button located in the top toolbar of the home page:


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


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The menu contains three tabs: [[Administering LimeSurvey#Settings tab|settings]], [[Administering LimeSurvey#Users tab|users]], and [[Administering LimeSurvey#Advanced tab|advanced]].

=Settings tab= <!--T:5-->

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


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<center>[[File:Settings tab configuration.png]]</center>


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*[[Home page settings|Home page settings]]
*[[Global settings|Global settings]]
*[[Plugin manager|Plugin manager]]
*[[Menu configuration|Menu configuration]]
*[[Menu entries configuration|Menu entries configuration]]

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{{Box|You can also customize your LimeSurvey installation from config.php. For more details, read our wiki on [[Optional settings|LimeSurvey optional settings]].}}

=Users tab= <!--T:10-->

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The '''Users tab''' contains options related to user and participant management. You have the ability 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 by creating different [[Manage user groups|user groups]]. Creating user groups makes managing users with different permissions easier.  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''':


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<center>[[File:Users tab configuration.png]]</center>


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

=Advanced tab= <!--T:13-->

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Under this tab you will 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>


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


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