It is beyond the scope of this book to provide a full reference guide to the Spotfire administration console, but it will be covered briefly here.
More details (particularly on scheduling and routing) can also be found in Chapter 12, Scaling the Infrastructure; Keeping Data up to Date.
The administration console is the default view that a Spotfire administrator receives when they log in to the Spotfire server using a web browser:
Most users will not see this initial screen—they will be shown the Analytics view by default, since they are not administrators. Notice that there is currently a notification on my system attached to Nodes & Services.
Let's explore each of the options in turn.