---
title: "Administration"
description: "The Administration area of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform acts as a central hub for user management and the administration of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration
language: en
last_updated: 2026-05-30
---
## Administration

The **Administration** area of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform acts as a central hub for user management and the administration of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform.

- In the **[User Management](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/user-management.md)** section, you can create users and user roles, and assign these to higher-level permissions. It is ensured that administrators of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform have the necessary tools to create and update user accounts in a few steps within minimum time.
- The **[Platform Management](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management.md)** area provides:
  - An overview of the solutions you have purchased and their associated [license](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management/licenses.md) packages, as well as the number of users who have access to each [solution](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/glossary.md#solution)
  - Access to the configuration of [external authentication](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management/configure-ext-authentication.md)
  - [Certificates](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management/certificates.md) that are used to install SEA in Lucanet.Software Manager and to configure SEA applications in Consolidation & Financial Planning solution of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform
  - [Customizations](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management/customization.md) that allow the administrator to adapt certain elements of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform to your corporate design
- In the **[Exchange Rate Management](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/exchange-rate-management.md)** section, you can configure the exchange rates that solutions on the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform use to convert between currencies. For each currency combination, you choose whether the rates are retrieved automatically from the European Central Bank or from an Excel file you upload yourself.

Administrative notifications are managed through the [Notifications](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/global-functions/notifications.md) section, where you can view system updates, user management events, and other administrative activities.

![User interface of the administration on the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform](https://support.lucanet.com/assets/docs-images/administration/_images/en/administration_lcsp.png)
User interface of the administration on the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform

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## Functional Areas in the Administration Section

- [User Management](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/user-management.md)
- [Managing the CFO Solution Platform](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/platform-management.md)
- [Exchange Rate Management](https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/administration/exchange-rate-management.md)