--- title: "Org & User Settings" slug: "org-user-overview" description: "Explore organization-wide and user-specific settings in the Kentik portal, including RBAC management, authentication, and user profile customization." updated: 2026-07-07T14:44:09Z published: 2026-07-07T14:44:15Z canonical: "kb.kentik.com/org-user-overview" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.kentik.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Org & User Settings This article discusses organization-wide and user-specific settings for the Kentik portal. > [!NOTE] > **Notes:** > > - New/trial Kentik customers should refer to the initial Setup Tasks described in [**Getting Started**](/v1/docs/getting-started). > - For information the portal's Settings page, see [**Main Settings**](/v1/docs/main-settings). ## Organization Settings ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/082e25b5-afce-42d4-8f47-70bd3f1d02b7/Images/Documentation/org settings(1).png)The **Organization Settings** menu shows your organization’s name and Kentik Company ID (CID) at top, followed by links to a variety of pages where you can — depending on your assigned roles and permissions — view or edit company-wide settings. The following settings pages may be accessed via this menu: - [**Licenses**](/v1/docs/licenses): Information about your Kentik licenses (referred to as "plans" in earlier versions of Kentik), each representing a level of service specified in an agreement between you and Kentik. - Values are displayed for attributes such as maximum flows per second (FPS), BGP data, and data retention period. - Licenses are configured by Kentik and are not editable by customers. - **Users**: Add, remove, or manage settings for your organization’s users (see [**Users**](/v1/docs/users)). - **RBAC Management**: View, add, remove, or edit settings for your organization’s RBAC roles (see [**Kentik RBAC**](/v1/docs/kentik-rbac)). > [!NOTE] > **Note**: Administrators and Super Administrators (see [**Kentik-managed Roles**](/v1/docs/kentik-rbac#kentikmanaged-roles)) determine which other users in their organization can access the RBAC Management page. - **Authentication & SSO** (Super Administrator users only): Access your organization’s password expiration and single Sign-on (SSO) settings. See [**Authentication & SSO**](/v1/docs/authentication-sso). - **Audit Log** (Administrator users only): Access your organization’s [**Audit Log**](/v1/docs/audit-log) to view the list of changes made in your Kentik environment and who made them. - **Access Control**: Set your organization’s [**Access Control**](/v1/docs/access-control) to prevent unauthorized access to Kentik. - **Credentials Vault**: Securely store your multi-field credentials in a central location to easily use them throughout the portal. See [**Credentials Vault**](/v1/docs/credentials-vault). - **Kentik AI**: Set all aspects of [**Kentik AI**](/v1/docs/kentik-ai), including AI Advisor and Query Assistant, to either disabled (default) or enabled for your entire organization. > [!NOTE] > **Note**: This setting is present only for users with Super Administrator privileges. - **Public Shares**: Your organization’s Kentik-generated views shared with people (internal and external to the organization) who aren’t Kentik users (see [**Public Share Link**](/v1/docs/portal-sharing-and-export#public-share-link)). > [!NOTE] > **Note**: In the menu, the number displayed to the right of Public Shares is the number of public shares currently active for your organization. - **Report Subscriptions**: View and manage your organization’s [**Subscriptions**](/v1/docs/subscriptions). > [!NOTE] > **Note:** In the menu, the number displayed to the right of Report Subscriptions is the number of subscriptions your organization is currently using. - **Custom DNS**: Takes you to the [**Custom DNS Page**](/v1/docs/custom-dns#custom-dns-page), where you can run a [**Verify Reverse DNS Lookup**](/v1/docs/custom-dns#verify-reverse-dns-lookup) (see [**About Custom DNS**](/v1/docs/custom-dns#about-custom-dns)). ## User Menu The **User** menu shows your full name, email (as defined in your [**User Profile**](/v1/docs/user-profile)), and Kentik user ID (UID) at top, followed by links to user-specific portal settings. The following user-specific settings and controls are accessible from this menu: - ![User profile menu displaying options like authentication, theme, and log out.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/082e25b5-afce-42d4-8f47-70bd3f1d02b7/Images/Documentation/OUO-user-menu.png)**User Profile**: Your Kentik [**User Profile**](/v1/docs/user-profile) page is where you can set your portal preferences for layout, display, notifications, landing page, time zone, and theme. You can also reset your password and manage two-factor authentication and API tokens. - **Authentication**: Takes you directly to the [**Authentication Settings**](/v1/docs/user-profile#authentication-settings) of your [**User Profile**](/v1/docs/user-profile) where you can reset your password or manage your API token and two-factor authentication settings. - **Recent** **Exports**: Takes you to the [**Recent Exports Page**](/v1/docs/portal-sharing-and-export#recent-exports-page), where you'll find a table listing the PDFs, CSVs, or PNGs that you've recently exported from the Kentik portal using **Actions** » **Export.** - **Theme**: Choose Auto (OS), Light, or Dark as your [**User-specific Theme**](/v1/docs/user-profile#userspecific-theme). - **Chart Colors**: Takes you directly to the [**Chart Colors**](/v1/docs/user-profile#chart-colors) tab of your User Profile, where you can set color schemes for your portal visualizations. - **UI Layout Preferences**: Opens the [**Layout Preferences**](/v1/docs/layout-preferences) page where you can specify how you’d like drawers and docks to display in the portal. - **Log Out**: Log out of your session on the Kentik portal.