Making instance-wide data tools more accessible
Description
Right now, there are several instance-wide tools in GitLab that can be interesting to various users, but they are only available to administrators as they are part of the admin panel.
Proposal
A new link will be added to the top bar as an icon, the same way that we display the Admin Area. The icon will be icn/charts
.
When the user clicks the icon, they'll be taken to a new Instance Statistics navigation in a descriptive path like /stats
. Inside, there will be two top-level navigation elements: ConvDev Index (icn/comment
) and Cohorts (icn/users
).
ConvDev Index | Cohorts |
---|---|
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When the user is an admin, they will see both the Instance Statistics and Admin Area icons in the top bar next to each other.
![](/-/project/13083/uploads/6a30832f8b65378a26a7a5ca84a21a4c/admin-top-bar.png)
Instance Statistics will be available for all users by default. Access can be limited from the Admin Area under the Usage statistics section.
The control will be a dropdown labeled Instance Statistics visibility with options All users
and Only admins
.