# Administering Talend Data Preparation

### In this section

* [Creating Talend Data Preparation users](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/creating-talend-data-preparation-users)
* [User Roles](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/user-roles)
* [Talend Data Preparation start and stop sequences](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/talend-data-preparation-start-and-stop-sequences)
* [Talend Data Preparation configuration files](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/talend-data-preparation-configuration-files)
* [Managing Talend Data Preparation log files](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/managing-talend-data-preparation-log-files)
* [Backing up and restoring your Talend Data Preparation instance](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/backing-up-and-restoring-your-talend-data-preparation-instance)
* [Setting the language of the user interface](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/setting-language-of-user-interface)
* [Defining the maximum number of column for a dataset](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/defining-maximum-number-of-column-for-dataset)
* [Defining the dataset sample size](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/defining-dataset-sample-size)
* [Accessing the Talend Data Preparation REST API documentation](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/accessing-talend-data-preparation-rest-api-documentation)
* [Authenticating to the Talend Data Preparation REST API via an SSO token request](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/authenticating-to-talend-data-preparation-rest-api-via-sso-token-request)
* [Implementing Talend Data Preparation REST API authentication](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/implementing-talend-data-preparation-rest-api-authentication)
* [Switching between applications](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/switching-between-applications)
* [Enabling and configuring audit capabilities in Talend Data Preparation](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/enabling-and-configuring-audit-capabilities-in-talend-data-preparation)
* [Generic properties of a Talend Data Preparation audit event](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/generic-properties-of-talend-data-preparation-audit-event)