Welcome to the Administrator Guidance section of the technical documentation. This section is designed specifically for platform administrators, data stewards, technical leads, and other privileged users tasked with maintaining and evolving the system. Whether you are on-boarding a new dataset, updating metadata, managing permissions, or configuring the public-facing interface, this guidance provides the strategic and operational insight required to administer effectively and responsibly.
Unlike the general User Guidance section—which focuses on using the platform as an exploratory and analytical tool—the Administrator Guidance section focuses on the underlying administration of the platform: data pipelines, metadata configurations, and access governance practices that ensure the platform remains up-to-date, reliable, and accessible.
The tools described in this section help determine how data is structured and labeled, how it appears in tables and maps, and who has access to modify it.
This section of the documentation is organized around the most critical administrative workflows and responsibilities. Each of the following subsections is intended to be used both as a training resource for new administrators and a reference manual for experienced users navigating less common or more complex tasks.
This subsection walks through the generalized process of adding new datasets to the system through the upload interface.
Once data is uploaded, it must be curated and configured for internal-only or public use. This section details the critical tasks of dataset governance, including:
Even experienced administrators are encouraged to consult this documentation regularly, particularly when on-boarding new types of data or updating metadata conventions in response to organizational shifts or public feedback