# Administration Menus

> Where the administrator-facing areas live: the system menu, and what each entry under Administration covers.

URL: https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/administration-menus.html
category: Cascade Administration
article-type: reference
content-kind: article
release-availability: all
tags: interface
updated: 2026-10-06

## 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**](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/content-authoring/publishing/index.html) (when viewed in a site) - View active and scheduled publish jobs.
- [**Reports**](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/content-management/reports/index.html) - View reports geared towards monitoring user activity and content creation and management.
- [**Sites**](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/sites/index.html) - 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](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/permissions/index.html) and LDAP/custom [authentication](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/authentication/index.html).
    - **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](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/system-preferences.html) and the [system dictionary](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/system-dictionary.html), update the product license, enable the page-level [WCAG 2.0 accessibility checker](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/content-authoring/accessibility/page-accessibility-checker.html), and configure the system default [WYSIWYG editor configuration](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/content-authoring/wysiwyg-editor-configurations/index.html).
    - **Search** - [Search and replace](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-basics/full-search-and-replace.html) 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.