# Cascade Administration

## Overview

The system menu is the focal point for administrator-oriented tasks in Cascade CMS. It's accessible by clicking the system menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the interface.

From this menu, you can access the following areas:

- **Publish Queue** (when viewed in a site) - View active and scheduled publish jobs.
- **Reports** - View reports geared towards monitoring user activity and content creation and management.
- **Sites** - View and manage sites in the system and create or import new sites.
- **Administration** - The administration menu is divided into several areas where system-wide preferences and tools can be accessed.

- **Security & Authentication** - Manage user/group/role permissions and LDAP/custom authentication.
  - **Tools** - View system information and logs, alter the system's logging configuration, and send system-wide announcements to users.
  - **Manage Triggers & Plug-ins** - Manage custom plug-ins created for Asset Factories, workflows, and publishing.
  - **Preferences** - Manage system preferences and the system dictionary, update the product license, enable the page-level WCAG 2.0 accessibility checker, and configure the system default WYSIWYG editor configuration.
  - **Search** - Search and replace content and rebuild the search indexes.
  - **Database Tools** - Run database-related maintenance operations as needed.
- **Knowledge Base** - A link to this documentation.
- **About Cascade CMS** - Information about the current product and database versions.