Several administrative functions are available in the site administration area. These functions should generally be used with caution, as improper use could lead to unexpected results.
System Information
General information about the server environment and OCS version history (including past upgrades). A web-based interface to modify the OCS configuration file is also provided.
Expire User Sessions
Clears all active user sessions in the system, requiring any user that is currently logged in to sign in to the system again.
Clear Data Caches
Clears all cached data. This function may be useful to force data to be reloaded after customizations have been made.
Clear Template Cache
Clears all cached versions of HTML templates. This function may be useful to force templates to be reloaded after customizations have been made.
Merge Users
The Merge Users feature allows the Site Administrator to merge two user accounts into a single account, transferring submissions, assignments and numerous other records from one account to the other and effectively deleting the first.
Unlike the Merge Users feature available to a Conference Manager, which is limited to merging user accounts for a particular conference, the Merge Users feature under Site Administration allows the Site Administrator to merge any two user accounts, even across different conferences.
The following items are transferred:
- Article authorship
- Public comments on articles
- Article notes
- Director assignments and decisions
- Review assignments
- Article email and event log entries
- Reviewer access keys
- Roles
- Registrations (please see below)
The following items are not transferred:
- Sessions
- Notification status (i.e. whether the user has signed up to receive notifications about conference news)
- Editorial team memberships
- Track Director status on tracks
- User profile information (e.g. first name, last name, etc.)
This feature should be used with caution, as it is not reversible and involves the transfer of records from one user to another.
For registrations, the second user's registration is transferred to the first user only if is valid and if the first user does not already have a valid registration for a given scheduled conference.