Creating a Collaboration Group

Collaboration groups allow researchers to share data among members of the group.

To create a new collaboration group

1. Click Groups.
2. Click Manage Collaboration Groups. The Manage Collaboration Groups page displays existing collaboration groups at the top.
3. Scroll past the existing groups. Next to New Collaboration Group, click Add. The collaboration group information panel opens at the bottom of the page.
4. Enter the Name of the group, which is required, and a Description of the group.
5. To add a user to the group:
   1. Next to User, click Add.
   2. Enter part or all of the User Login Name and click Search for User. Next to that button, a list of users appears, with all users that match the entry.
   3. From the list of users, select a user name. The field populates the User Login Name.
   4. Click Save. The system adds the user to the list of users for the group. 

   

   Setting Up Read or Read-Update-Delete Access

   When the collaboration group is associated with a protocol, sample, or publication, Read-only or Read-Update-Delete access is specified at that time.

6. To delete a user, click Delete next to the user's login name.

7. After you have added all of the users to the group, click Save. The system adds the group to the list of groups on the Manage Collaboration Groups page.