Platform Administration Overview

Welcome to your Kinetic Platform Space! As a Space Admin, you're responsible for setting up and managing the core elements that make your environment run smoothly. This includes organizing your platform into functional areas (called Kapps), managing who has access to what, and creating the teams and users that support your business processes.

This section serves as your launchpad. You won’t need to dive into workflows or advanced settings just yet—this is all about getting familiar with the tools at your fingertips and establishing a strong foundation.

What Is a Space?

A Space is your organization's dedicated environment within the Kinetic Platform. It contains your forms, workflows, user data, team structures, and settings—all neatly isolated from other tenants.

Each Space has a unique subdomain, such as: https://your-space-name.kinops.io

You’ll do all your administrative work within this dedicated environment.

What Can a Space Admin Do?

As a Space Admin, you can:

• Create and manage Kapps (functional groupings like HR, IT, or Facilities)
• Add and organize users
• Create teams and define their structure
• Set global attributes used throughout your workflows or themes
• Configure Space-wide settings like time zone, branding, and display type

You’ll also have full access to user and team attributes, enabling you to build dynamic workflows that respond to organizational structure and data.

Where to Start

Before you or your team starts building forms and workflows, it's helpful to complete a few core setup tasks:

1. Explore the Space Console
   • Navigate through sections like Build, Settings, and Users
2. Create a Kapp
   • Use Kapps to group related forms and workflows together
3. Add Key Users
   • Start with builders or reviewers who need access to build or test
4. Create Teams
   • Define your functional groups and assign attributes like Manager
5. Review Space Settings
   • Configure basics like your display type, default timezone, and locale

Helpful Concepts

• Kapps: Containers for related forms, workflows, and data (e.g., “Onboarding” or “Service Requests”)
• Teams: Used to assign work, trigger approvals, and personalize access
• Users: Individuals with access to log in and use the platform
• Attributes: Metadata that drives dynamic behavior in forms and workflows

You’ll find specific guidance on these topics in the following pages.

Next Up

Head to the next section to learn more about Navigating the Console, where we’ll walk through the different areas you’ll use most as an admin.