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Manage General Settings

The General Settings screen allows administrators to adjust settings that affect all BigPanda users. Use this page to edit settings related to console display and security features.

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Key Features

  • Manage settings that apply to all users in your organization.

  • Set your organization's color and display name.

  • Configure a session timeout period to keep your organization's data secure.

Relevant Permissions

Roles with the following permissions can access the General Settings page in BigPanda Settings:

Role Name

Description

General Settings

View and edit General Settings.

Permission access levels can be adjusted by selecting either View or Full Access. To learn more about how BigPanda's permissions work, see the Roles Management documentation.

Manage Organization Display Settings

The Organization Display section allows you to manage visual settings specific to your BigPanda organization. 

Color Bar Display

The Color Bar Display setting controls the color at the top of your BigPanda console. You can use this to easily see which BigPanda instance you are logged in to at a glance. 

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The colors you can select from are default (white), green, purple, blue, orange, or red.

Organization Display Name

The Organization Display Name setting allows you to choose what name you would like to assign for your BigPanda organization. The display name appears in the upper right corner of the BigPanda console. 

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Character limit

The limit for display names is 20 characters. 

Manage Security Settings

For optimal security, BigPanda automatically logs out users when their sessions have been inactive for a specified period of time. 

The Auto-logout setting allows you to choose how long users can remain inactive before they are logged out of BigPanda. You can select from the following time periods:

  • 10 minutes

  • 30 minutes

  • 1 hour

  • 2 hours

  • 12 hours 

  • 24 hours

Next Steps

Find your way around the BigPanda Settings screen.

Learn about BigPanda Security features.

Learn more about navigating the Incidents Tab.