Periodically customers will require a sandbox or otherwise non-production environment for experimentation and testing in MetaLocator. MetaLocator offers staging accounts to our Enterprise clients.
A staging environment is designed to give our customers a safe space to test configurations, experiment with features, and preview changes without impacting the live production system.
To access to your staging account, login to your MetaLocator account and click the Staging link as shown below:
You will then be logged in to your staging environment. It can be identified by the ever-present blue bar. This is a helpful visual indicator that you are currently logged into the staging environment.
What to expect in staging:
No emails are sent
Staging will not send emails. This prevents any accidental communication with real customers through lead notifications or other email features.No text messages are sent
SMS functionality is disabled in staging for the same reason.No analytics tracking
Internal analytics are not triggered or recorded in this environment.Anonymized data
Your staging account may be initialized with a copy of your production data if requested.Not intended for storage or backup
Staging environments may be refreshed periodically, which means data and settings can be lost. Please avoid using staging as a place to store or back up important information.Performance may differ from production
Staging systems are not optimized in the same way as production, so performance may not reflect what you’ll see in your live environment.
Data can be moved from production and staging via MetaLocator's robust import and export functions.
Staging User Accounts
When a user first accesses staging from their production account, their staging account is created on demand. Users can access staging at any time from production. A valid MetaLocator user seat and production account is required to create an associated staging account. In order to login directly to staging.metalocator.com perform the following steps:
Login to staging via the production "Login to Staging" link
In staging, change your password under My User Profile
You can now login directly to https://staging.metalocator.com using your email address and password.
Email address fields for user profiles are read-only in staging.