Administration
Configure the platform to fit your plant
Full platform configuration — users, roles, permissions, locations, notifications, optional modules, personal dashboards, audit log, and feature flags. Built for administrators who need real control without code changes.
How it works
Administration in PulsePlant is where the platform gets tuned to your plant. Role-based access control provides fine-grained permission management with ten standard roles — admin, manager, supervisor, technician, planner, viewer, requester, purchasing manager, inventory manager, maintenance manager — each with configurable permission sets. Every action in the system routes through a `resource:action` permission check, enforced at the navigation, page, API, UI, and service layers.
User management covers creation, editing, role assignment, activation, and deactivation. Deactivation preserves historical data but immediately cuts access. Location management organizes the plant hierarchy into areas, buildings, floors, rooms, and functional locations with budget-area flagging for cost centers.
Settings cover every module — work order numbering and approvals, PM auto-generation and lead time, inventory alerts and auto-reorder, purchasing approval thresholds, safety escalation, and document retention. Feature flags let admins enable or disable specific functionality during rollout without code changes.
A comprehensive audit log tracks every meaningful action across the system — user logins, record changes, approvals, status transitions, configuration changes, system events. Events are immutable, timestamped, and attributed to the acting user. A timeline view and a list view give different angles on the same data. The event detail dialog shows the full metadata and field-level diff for any change.
Personal dashboards let every user customize their home screen. Widget management picks what shows up; the dashboard itself handles drag-and-drop reordering. Role-based defaults provide a starting layout for each role.
Notifications reach users through four channels — in-app, email, push, and SMS — with per-user preferences by category and type. Quiet hours suppress non-urgent notifications during off-hours. Over 40 email templates cover every operational module with admin-manageable content and a delivery queue for monitoring.
Inside Administration
Dedicated sub-modules that go deeper on specific workflows.
Personal Dashboards
Your home screen, tuned to your work
Widget-based personal dashboards with role-based defaults, drag-and-drop reordering, size control, and permission-aware widget catalog. Every user gets a home screen that matches their day.
Notifications & Email
Reach the right people, the right way
Multi-channel notification platform — in-app, email, push, and SMS — with per-user preferences by category, quiet hours, over 40 managed email templates, and a delivery queue for admin monitoring.
Events & Audit Log
Every action, timestamped, attributed
An immutable audit trail for every meaningful action across the system. Timeline and list views, 11 event categories, field-level diffs on every change, and a search that spans years of history.
Optional Modules
Opt in when you need them, off by default
Flag-controlled optional modules that expand PulsePlant for specific customer needs — work order requisitions, custom T&Cs, buyer assignment, TAR management, approval email delay. Zero impact when off.
What you get
Role-based access control
Ten standard roles with fine-grained `resource:action` permissions enforced across every layer.
Location hierarchy
Tree structure for plant, area, building, floor, room — with budget area flags for cost tracking.
Module-level settings
Tune work orders, PM, inventory, purchasing, safety, and more without code changes.
Feature flags
Enable and disable specific functionality during rollout or for controlled testing.
Personal dashboards
Every user gets a customizable home screen with role-based defaults and drag-and-drop widgets.
Multi-channel notifications
In-app, email, push, and SMS with category preferences, quiet hours, and over 40 email templates.
Immutable audit log
Every action timestamped, attributed, and searchable across 11 event categories.
Optional modules
Shift handover, TAR management, custom T&Cs, buyer assignment — opt in when you need them.
User lifecycle
Create, edit, deactivate users with preserved historical data and immediate access revocation.
Common ways it's used
Works alongside
All modulesReports & Analytics
Operational insight, delivered on schedule
A complete reporting engine — ten built-in operational reports, custom templates, scheduled automated delivery, and client-specific custom reports for accounting, procurement, and maintenance workflows.
Documents
Every drawing, manual, and cert in one place
Central document management with version control, entity linking, full-text search, and expiration tracking. Attach documents to equipment, work orders, POs, LOTO procedures — wherever they belong.
Work Orders
From request to close-out, nothing dropped
The operational backbone of the plant. Every maintenance activity runs through a single lifecycle — from the first request through assignment, execution, verification, and closure — with labor, parts, and costs tracked the whole way.
Scheduling & Resources
The right people, the right work, the right time
A unified scheduling hub for every maintenance activity across the plant. Calendar, Gantt, and Kanban views of the same work, with skill-based assignment, workload balancing, and real-time conflict detection.
See Administration on your data
A 30-minute walkthrough, configured with your equipment, your locations, and your workflow.