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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.
Assign permissions by role
In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, permissions are assigned to each role by function.

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.
    - Add users and groups
      Use the User Administration dialog box to add a user or group and to assign a role in Touchstone Re.
    - Multiple user or group names found
      Use the Multiple Names Found dialog box to select one or more user or group names in Touchstone and Touchstone Re when adding a user or group.
    - Assign role for each user
      In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, each user is assigned a role that defines the user's level of access.
    - Assign permissions by role
      In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, permissions are assigned to each role by function.
  - Business unit management
    Business units in Touchstone and Touchstone Re can be an important organizational tool.
- 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

Assign permissions by role

In Touchstone and Touchstone Re, permissions are assigned to each role by function.

Administration Console > User Administration > User Group Management

Job priority functionality in Touchstone has been implemented only for Detailed Loss Analysis and Import. It has not been implemented for Geospatial, Hazard, or Data Quality analyses.


Functionality	Standard user	Business administrator	System administrator
Licensed Modules	Y	Y	Y
Database: Register/Unregister	Y	Y	Y
Database: Attach/Create/Detach		Y	Y
Exposure Sets: Create/modify/delete	Y	Y	Y
Locations and contracts: Add/modify/delete	Y	Y	Y
User interface: Modify instance	Y	Y	Y
Business Unit: Assign SQL instances to specific units		Y*	Y
Business Unit: Default settings		Y*	Y
Business Unit: Create/modify/delete			Y
Users and user groups: Add			Y
Users and user groups: Assign roles		Y*	Y
Users and user groups: Remove users			Y
Event set management: Create and install event set		Y	Y
Global defaults: Manage currency rate settings		Y	Y
Global defaults: Manage geocoding settings			Y
Export exposure	Y	Y	Y
SQL instances: Associate application with SQL instances			Y
Cores and node groups: Manage			Y
Job priority: Assign low, normal, high	Y	Y	Y
Job priority: Assign top priority			Y
Object Management: Loss Analysis Template (Aggregate)		Y	Y
License: Add/assign/delete secondary license			Y

* Business unit administrators can modify these functions only for business units for which they have administrative rights.