Admin mode
Working and administering are two different activities. Admin mode separates them in the interface too — with its own navigation and a visible accent stripe, so you are never in doubt about where you are changing something.
#Why a separate mode
The tenant's configuration pages used to sit in the same context as everyday work. Same sidebar, same header, same mental model — which led to misclicks and made it hard to keep administration-only navigation cleanly apart.
Today there are two clearly distinct contexts:
- App mode — dashboard, assets, processes, movements, tickets. Everyday work
- Admin mode — the tenant's configuration, grouped into tenant, members, billing, system, and API & developer
#Who gets in
Only people holding the admin permission see the toggle in the avatar menu and can open the administration pages. The safeguard works on three levels:
- In the menu — without the permission the toggle does not appear at all
- On page load — without the permission you land back on the dashboard automatically
- On the server — every request is checked before any interface is rendered
A missing button is therefore never the only safeguard — the actual check happens server-side.
#Switching
The former standalone gear icon for tenant settings is gone. Instead the avatar menu carries an Enter admin mode / Leave admin mode toggle; the label flips depending on where you are. In Uslimato Experience the gear icon in the header does the same job.
Older bookmarks pointing at the previous settings addresses keep working — they redirect permanently to today's address.
#Personal settings
Anything that concerns only you deliberately stays outside admin mode. Your profile page has three areas for it:
- Preferences — language and theme at a glance; both are still switched with the global controls
- Security — the state of your HGE ID sign-in and a sign-out link. Password changes go through HGE ID, not through Uslimato
- API keys — create and revoke your personal keys
#API access for non-administrators
Whether people without administration rights may manage their own API keys is decided per tenant by administration. The setting is off by default, so an existing tenant never becomes quietly more open than intended.
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
| Off (default) | Only administration creates API keys; the tab does not appear for anyone else |
| On | Anyone can create and revoke their own personal keys |
Administration can manage keys either way — it owns the setting. How keys work, what rights they carry and how to get rid of one is covered in API key authentication and the Developer portal.
#In the classic design
The classic design still supports the administration pages. The dedicated admin interface with its accent stripe only exists in Experience, though — in classic mode the pages appear in the familiar navigation, marked by a small "Admin mode" pill below the header.