Administrative Functions

<p>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.</p>

# System Information

<p>General information about the server environment and OJS version history (including past upgrades). A web-based interface to modify the OJS configuration file is also provided.</p>

# Expire User Sessions

<p>Clears all active user sessions in the system, requiring any user that is currently logged in to sign in to the system again.</p>

# Clear Data Caches

<p>Clears all cached data, including locale information, help cache, and search cache.</p>

# Clear Template Cache

<p>Clears all cached versions of HTML templates. This function may be useful to force templates to be reloaded after customizations have been made.</p>

# Merge Users

<p>The Merge Users feature allows the Site Administrator to merge two user accounts into a single account, transferring edit assignments, submissions, and numerous other records from one account to the other and effectively deleting the first.</p> <p>Unlike the Merge Users feature available to a Journal Manager, which is limited to merging user accounts for a particular journal, the Merge Users feature under Site Administration allows the Site Administrator to merge any two user accounts, even across different journals.</p> <p>The following items are transferred:</p> <ul> <li>Article authorship</li> <li>Public comments on articles</li> <li>Article notes</li> <li>Editor assignments and decisions</li> <li>Review assignments</li> <li>Layout editor assignments</li> <li>Proofreader assignments</li> <li>Article email and event log entries</li> <li>Reviewer access keys</li> <li>Roles</li> </ul> <p>The following items are <strong>not</strong> transferred:</p> <ul> <li>Sessions</li> <li>Subscriptions</li> <li>Notification status (i.e. whether the user has signed up to receive notifications about journal news)</li> <li>Editorial team memberships</li> <li>Section Editor status on sections</li> <li>User profile information (e.g. first name, last name, etc.)</li> </ul> <p>This feature should be used with caution, as it is not reversible and involves the transfer of records from one user to another.</p>