# Set up Capable for Confluence after installing

After installing Capable for Confluence, a site administrator opens **Global settings** and works left to right: hide the capabilities you do not use on the **Capabilities** tab, check the switches on the **Features** tab, and connect email, Slack or Microsoft Teams on the **Notifications** tab. Everything saves as you go, and nothing is required before people start.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                     | **Why**                                                               |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A Confluence site administrator  | Global settings is for site administrators only.                      |
| Capable for Confluence installed | Macros and the Capable byline appear as soon as the install finishes. |
| A few minutes                    | There is no Save button. Each change applies on its own.              |

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## Steps

1. Open **Global settings** for Capable in Confluence administration. You can also select **Open Global Settings** in the **General** section of your Capable settings.
2. On the **Capabilities** tab, switch any capability your site will not use to Hidden. The navigation, the byline and the command palette get shorter for everyone.
3. On the **Features** tab, check the site-wide switches, such as **AI integrations**, **Approval status banner** and **Calendar subscriptions**.
4. On the **Notifications** tab, leave **Email notifications** on or off, and connect Slack or Microsoft Teams if your teams use them.
5. If your content loads images, fonts or data from a server of your own, add that domain on the **Egress** tab.
6. Leave the **Indexing** tab to fill up. Search filters and bylines that show when relevant depend on it.

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## What happens next

Install also creates a Confluence space called Capable Asset Store, which holds shared templates, images and libraries. Do not delete it. Indexing runs in the background once an hour, so a large site can take hours or days before every page is covered.

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Space administrators can also hide a capability in their own space. See [Hide a Capable capability in one Confluence space](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/hide-a-capable-capability-in-one-confluence-space.html).

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## If it does not work

* A panel saying **License Not Found** straight after installing usually clears within a few minutes. See [Fix License Not Found or License expired in Capable for Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/fix-license-not-found-or-license-expired-in-capable-for-confluence.html).
* Sites, Quality or Forms stay missing after you make them Visible: they also depend on your edition. See [Editions](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/editions.html).
* A change has not reached other people yet: allow about a minute, or up to five in a tab that was already open.

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## Related

### [Installing the suite](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/installing-the-suite.html)

What install does behind the scenes.

### [Site settings](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/site-settings.html)

Every Global settings tab.

### [Hide a Capable feature from users](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/hide-a-capable-feature-from-users.html)

Hide capabilities for everyone.

### [Set up notifications for Capable in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/set-up-notifications-for-capable-in-confluence.html)

Email, Slack and Microsoft Teams.

### [Installing and licensing Capable for Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/capable/installing-and-licensing-capable-for-confluence.html)

All install and licence guides.

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_Ten minutes now saves a tidy-up later._