Managing groups

Groups let you share data with only the people who should be able to see it. For example, you can create a group for a particular research project and grant permission to the group members to view the results and download the data. Members of other research groups will not see the results when they log in and search for analysis jobs.

• Users can belong to multiple groups. (All is the default group if no other groups exist. Administrators can add themselves to the All group.)
• Users (including Administrators) can see and edit only jobs associated with the groups to which they belong.
• When users create a new job, they must associate it with one or more of their groups.

Note: Using the Groups feature affects those launching SMRT View from SMRT Portal and from the desktop.

The following SMRT View commands will not be available, so as to respect group membership and data access privileges:

• Open Data from Server

• Add Tracks From Server

• Create SMRT View Desktop Shortcut. (This functionality is also disabled from the SMRT View server page.)

To create a new group

• Note: Administrators assign users to groups when creating or editing users.
• To change the membership of a group, you need to edit individual users. See Managing Application users.

1. Click Admin, then Manage Groups.
2. Click New. The Add Group dialog displays.
3. Enter the group name
4. Enter a description of the group.
5. Click OK. The group now becomes available when creating jobs, adding users, and so on.

To delete a group

1. Click Admin, then Manage Groups.
2. Select a group to delete.
3. Click Delete, then click OK in the confirmation dialog. The deleted group is no longer available for selection.