# Managing Companies

Your Datastreams account is organized into Companies. A company is the highest level of entity that you can manage. You can create one or multiple companies at the same time.

![Companies](/img/app/companies.png)

## Create a Company
Use the following steps to create a Company:
1.	In the sidebar, navigate to **Companies**.
2.	Click **New**.
3.	Enter the **COMPANY NAME**.
4.	(Optional) Enter the **EMAIL**, **TWITTER USERNAME**, and **LINKEDIN USERNAME**.
5.	Click **Save changes**.

![Create a Company](/img/app/create-company.png)

## View a Company
Use the following steps to view a Company:
1.	In the sidebar, navigate to **Companies**.
2.	Click the name of the **Company** to be viewed.
    
    There are three tabs:
    1.	General
        
        This tab shows:
        +   **Company Information**
            ![Company Information](/img/app/company-information.png)
        +   **Total events processed per day**
            ![Total Events](/img/app/total-events.png) 
        +   **Projects**
            ![Projects](/img/app/projects.png) 
    2.	Domains
        
        This tab shows all **Domains** owned by the company.
        ![Domains](/img/app/projects.png) 
    3.	Members
        
        This tab shows all **Members** (Users) and their respective roles within the company.

## Edit a Company
Use the following steps to edit a Company:
1.	In the sidebar, navigate to **Companies**.
2.	Click the Company to be edited, click **Edit**.
3.	When done, click **Save changes**.
![Edit a Company](/img/app/edit-company.png) 


### Add Environment Variables
Once a company is created, environment variables can be configured. Environment variables are used to store information like passwords and configuration settings that you can refer to in Streams and other modules.

Use the following steps to add an Environment Variable for a Company:
1.	In the sidebar, navigate to **Companies**.
2.	From the list, click the Company, for which a Secret must be added, click **Edit**.
3.	Click **Collapse**.
4.	Click **Add Variable**.
5.	Enter the **NAME**.
6.  Select the **TYPE**, i.e.: **variable** or **secret**.
7.  Enter the **VALUE**.
6.	(Optional) To add more variables, click **Add Variable**, and repeat step 5.
7.	When done, click **Save changes**.

![Environment Variables](/img/app/environment-variables.png)