This chapter describes how to manage collaboration groups in caNanoLab. Topics in this chapter include:
Reviewing a Collaboration Group and the Samples
To review the samples associated with a collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups. The Manage Collaboration Groups page displays existing collaboration groups at the top.
- To review the samples assigned to a collaboration group, find the group name and click + next to the name.
- If there are associated samples, samples appear in a table under the group name with the same columns as the sample search results (as described in Sample Search Results), except for the Actions column.
- To update a sample, click the hyperlinked sample name.
- You can edit, copy, and delete the sample and share the sample with other users and user groups.
Creating a Collaboration Group
Collaboration groups allow researchers to share data among members of the group.
To create a new collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups. The Manage Collaboration Groups page displays existing collaboration groups at the top.
- Scroll past the existing groups. Next to New Collaboration Group, click Add. The collaboration group information panel opens at the bottom of the page.
- Enter the Name of the group, which is required, and a Description of the group.
- To add a user to the group:
- Next to User, click Add.
- 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.
- From the list of users, select a user name. The field populates the User Login Name.
- 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.
To delete a user, click Delete next to the user's login name.
- 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.
Editing a Collaboration Group
To edit a collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups. The Manage Collaboration Groups page displays existing collaboration groups at the top.
- Find the group to edit and display the right side of the row. Click Edit.
The Collaboration Group Information panel opens at the bottom of the page. - Update the Name and Description of the group as needed.
- To add a user to the group:
- Next to User, click Add.
- 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.
- From the list of users, select a user name. The field populates the User Login Name.
- 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.
- To delete a user, click Delete next to the user's login name.
- When you are done updating the group, click Save. The system updates the collaboration group.
Deleting a Collaboration Group
To delete a collaboration group
- Click Groups.
- Click Manage Collaboration Groups. The Manage Collaboration Groups page displays existing collaboration groups at the top.
- Click Edit corresponding to an existing collaboration group. The collaboration group information panel opens at the bottom of the page.
- Click Delete, and confirm the deletion. The system removes the collaboration group from the list.