Understand Admin and Analyst Roles
NetMon users are either Admins or Analysts. Admin users have all the rights of an Analyst, plus several administrative functions. The table below details which settings Admins and Analysts have permission to configure in NetMon.
The NetMon Web API restricts certain routes to Admin-only. For more information, see Web API.
| Header | Tab | Admin | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze | Dashboards | Yes | Yes |
| Rules | Query Rules | Yes | Yes |
| Deep Packet Analysis Rules | Yes | Yes | |
| Replay | Replay PCAPs | Yes | Yes |
| Configuration | Syslog | Yes | Yes* |
| Network | Yes | Yes | |
| Client Security | Yes | No | |
| Time | Yes | Yes | |
| Engine | Yes | Yes | |
| Metadata | Yes | Yes | |
| Capture | Yes | Yes | |
| Filter | Yes | No | |
| User | Yes | Yes | |
| Manage Users | Yes | No | |
| Upgrade | Yes | No | |
| Storage | Yes | Yes |
* Forward All Supported Data is not changeable.