# Overview

The Admin Panel gives platform administrators full control over e-filing configuration across all parishes. From here you manage parishes, organizations, users, filing types, fees, review queues, routing rules, announcements, and reporting.

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You must have the **Platform Admin** role to access the Admin Panel. If you don't see the Admin link in your sidebar, contact your system administrator.
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## What You Can Configure

| Section            | Purpose                                                                                |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Dashboard**      | Landing page that redirects to the Parishes list                                       |
| **Parishes**       | Create and edit parishes (courts), manage locations, configure Verdict CMS connections |
| **Organizations**  | Manage law firms and organizations registered on the platform (coming soon)            |
| **Users**          | Assign roles, link staff to courts, activate or deactivate accounts                    |
| **Filing Types**   | Define case types and sub-types per parish                                             |
| **Docket Entries** | Set up document types with CMS event codes                                             |
| **Fee Schedules**  | Configure flat, per-page, or graduated filing fees                                     |
| **Queues**         | Create review queues with display order and assignment methods                         |
| **Routing Rules**  | Auto-route filings to queues or users based on conditions                              |
| **Announcements**  | Post court-wide announcements visible to filers                                        |
| **Reports**        | View filing volume, rejection reasons, queue depth, and clerk productivity             |
| **AI Assistant**   | Access the AI chat assistant for help and questions                                    |
| **Audit Log**      | View all actions taken across the platform with a full audit trail (coming soon)       |

## Navigation

The Admin Panel uses a sidebar on the left titled "Platform Admin" with links to each section. The sidebar lists: Dashboard, Parishes, Organizations, Users, Filing Types, Docket Entries, Fee Schedules, Queues, Routing Rules, Announcements, Reports, AI Assistant, and Audit Log.

Each section follows a consistent pattern:

* A **searchable table** lists all records
* An **Add** button opens a form dialog to create a new record
* **Edit** and **Delete** icons appear on each row
* **Toggle switches** control on/off settings (e.g., e-filing enabled, user active)

Many sections are **parish-scoped** -- you first select a parish from a dropdown at the top of the page, then manage records for that parish. This applies to Filing Types, Docket Entries, Fee Schedules, Queues, Routing Rules, and Announcements.

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**📹 GIF:** The Admin Panel sidebar navigation -- clicking through Parishes, Users, Filing Types, Fee Schedules, Queues, and Routing Rules to show each section's table layout with the parish dropdown at the top.
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## Getting Started

If you are setting up a new parish for the first time, follow this recommended order:

1. **Create the parish** with basic details and locations
2. **Configure Verdict CMS** connection settings for the parish
3. **Add filing types** (case types and sub-types) for the parish
4. **Add docket entries** (document types) linked to filing types
5. **Set up fee schedules** for each parish, filing type, and docket entry combination
6. **Create review queues** to organize how clerks process filings
7. **Define routing rules** to automatically assign incoming filings
8. **Add users** and assign staff to the court
9. **Post announcements** to inform filers of any important notices

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**📹 GIF:** The recommended setup sequence for a new parish -- creating the parish, adding a location, configuring filing types, adding a fee schedule, creating a queue, and defining a routing rule.
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