Administer > Overview of administering a WebSphere Commerce site
Administration Console
Site Administrators use the Administration Console to control a site or store by completing administrative operations and configuration tasks such as publishing stores, refreshing the registry, and scheduling jobs. You can access the Administration Console at a site-level, or for a particular store.
The following screen capture provides a quick look at the Administration Console for the MadisonsBVT store.
What you can do with the Administration Console
Tasks Details Maintain security settings for the site Set up account-related, password, and account lockout policies Track business messages and transactions
- View unsent messages
- View archived messages
- Run business auditing reports (store-level)
Configure business messaging
- Set up message transports and types, such as e-mail or plain text
- Schedule common jobs for the system to run at particular intervals
- Update registry components
- Enable or disable components for the current session
- Configure e-mail activity templates
- View product information for the version of commerce you are using
Deploy stores to the site Publish a store archive file to deploy stores to the site Manage access control policies for the site Set up access control policies to define which users can perform which tasks