Management Navigation

The Dendra Management interface is where field technicians, data curators, or admins can perform functions needed to

• Onboard new stations and sensors
• Modify datastreams
• Manage a sensor observatory day-to-day.

How to Navigate to the Management Interface

1. Navigate to Dendra with the link below or by clicking Start Using Dendra on the main website.

   Start Using Dendra

2. Log in.

3. On Start Using Dendra landing page, click Manage Metadata and Setup.

If already logged in, you can also navigate to the Manage landing page directly with the URL below.

Dendra Manage

All functions can be accessed in the sidebar on the left side of the page (Figure 1). These tools are organized into three main categories:

• Manage
• Tools
• System

Figure 1: Landing page and sidebar after opening the Manage app.

Manage

Landing Page

The Manage landing page serves as a starting point for accessing Dendra’s management tooling. It offers a list of some common tasks performed by field technicians and managers:

• Manage Stations
• Equipment Library
• Integrations
• Configure Datastreams
• A link to these docs

Sites, Stations, and Datastreams

These pages are where field technicians and managers can view, create, and configure existing sites, stations, and datastreams.

See Set Up a Station for instructions on how to create and configure a new station.

See Configure Datastreams for instructions on how to create and configure datastreams.

Equipment Library

Dendra has an equipment library available to all Dendra users (see Features - Equipment Library).

When you create a station or datastream, you can select an existing equipment from the shared library to improve the accuracy of your metadata.

Figure 2: Manage - Equipment Library

Tools

Data Setup

Data Setup is for getting data into the system and for mapping loaded tables to datastreams.

Sidebar	Function
Configure Integrations	See How to Manage - Configure Integrations.
Configure Datastreams	See How to Manage - Configure Datastreams.
Import Data Files	See How to Manage - Import Data Files.
Publish Changes	[forthcoming]

Data Cleaning

Data Cleaning tools help field technicians and data curators flag and correct corrupted datasets.

Sidebar	Function
Alerts	Create and configure alerts that signal when a station has gone offline.
Annotations	Create annotations to correct or omit data (see Core Concepts - Cleaning Data).
Reports	[forthcoming]

Monitoring

Monitoring is for organization admins and curators to troubleshoot data integrations, view alerts, and set up alert rules.

Sidebar	Function
Integrations	Troubleshoot data integrations and their pipelines. See Monitor Integrations.
Alerts	View and acknowledge open alerts.
Rules	Create and configure alert rules.
Reports	[forthcoming]
Setup	[forthcoming]

System

Admin

Admin is for managing companies, organizations, memberships, and related system entities. Some remain forthcoming.

Sidebar	Function
Companies	Create and edit manufacturer and vendor companies referenced in the equipment library.
Organizations	Create and edit organizations.
Memberships	Assign membership roles and approve organization join requests (see Features - Roles and Access Control).
Groups	[forthcoming]
People	[forthcoming]
Places	[forthcoming]
Code Library	[forthcoming]

Definitions

Definitions is for managing controlled vocabularies and units.

Sidebar	Function
Vocabulary	Create and edit controlled vocabularies publicly available to all Dendra users (see Features - Controlled Vocabulary).
Units	Create and edit units of measurement.

Settings

Settings allows you to manage API credentials and notification preferences.

Sidebar	Function
Access Keys	Generate user API keys and organization API keys for accessing the API and pushing data to station webhooks. See Access Keys.
Notifications	Set up your notification contact info, and configure account and organization notification preferences.