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User administration
User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units in Touchstone Re.
Business unit management
Business units in Touchstone and Touchstone Re can be an important organizational tool.
Business unit license
Overview of Touchstone and Touchstone Re business unit licenses.

Using Touchstone online Help
You can access the top-level or context-sensitive Touchstone online help from within the application or from the Client Portal. You can then search for content, bookmark pages, and generate output to other formats.
Import data from external sources
You can import exposure data, map layers, projects, and reinsurance packages from external sources into Touchstone databases.
Projects and exposure views
Projects are a useful way to organize your data. They contain exposure views that contain the data that you want to focus on.
Geospatial analysis
Geospatial analysis enables you to perform a deterministic risk analysis with your own view of risk on accumulations of property exposures and workers' compensation information in given areas exposed to natural and man-made catastrophes.
Exposure data validation
Verisk provides a reference containing information about Touchstone exposure data.
Data Quality analysis
The most effective way to assess and enhance portfolio-level or contract-level catastrophe exposure data is to use Touchstone's Data Quality diagnostics. These diagnostics enable you to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the exposure data you are using for analyses and supplement that data when it is missing or weak.
Hazard analysis
Hazard analysis enable you to identify the relevant catastrophe hazards for locations in your exposure data.
About loss analyses
Touchstone enables you to model catastrophic (CAT) events to estimate property and workers' compensation losses.
Reinsurance
The Reinsurance Program Manager enables you to create, import, and manage reinsurance programs.
Touchstone data export types
Touchstone enables you to export different types of data.
Activity Monitor
The Activity Monitor displays the status of all activities.
Managing data sources
Use Data Source Management to manage Touchstone databases.
User model management
Use User Model Management to build custom non-Verisk models and seamlessly integrate them into Touchstone.
Model Builder
Administration Console
- User administration
  User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units in Touchstone Re.
  - User group management
    In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, 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 in Touchstone and Touchstone Re can be an important organizational tool.
    - Business unit rules
      Summary of business unit rules in Touchstone and Touchstone Re.
    - Business unit behavior
      Business units in Touchstone and Touchstone Re have certain behaviors.
    - Create a business unit
      In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, only users with system administrator permissions can create a new business unit.
    - Business unit license
      Overview of Touchstone and Touchstone Re business unit licenses.
      - Assign secondary license to a business unit
        It is possible to assign a secondary license in Touchstone and Touchstone Re.
- Global defaults
  Business unit and system administrators can set and modify viewing and analysis defaults.
- Event set management
  Your Touchstone Re installation includes event set files for each peril and region licensed by your company.
- Loss defaults
  This function provides tools for administrators to set defaults for use during detailed loss analyses.
- License management
  Tools to manage Touchstone and Touchstone Re licensing.
- HPC resource management
  HPC Resource Management provides tools in Touchstone and Touchstone Re to configure HPC (High Performance Computing) resources.
- Server administration
  Touchstone and Touchstone Re server administrators can perform a suite of tasks.
- Data Quality (administration)
- Object management
  Object Management selections enable authorized users (system administrator or business unit Administrator) to manage a variety of items, such as users and templates.
User interface
Reference: Common Help topics

Business unit license

Overview of Touchstone and Touchstone Re business unit licenses.

Admin > Administration Console > User Administration > Business Unit Management

Every installation has one primary license. This is the only license required. Secondary licenses are client-specific and are assigned to business units to more finely manage user access. Contact your Verisk representative for more information about obtaining secondary licenses.

Only users with business administrator or system administrator permissions can manage licenses.