Projects allow users to organize and partition sensitive data into projects within the application, all while maintaining a shared storage environment. Data structures and resources like reagent lists can also be shared lab-wide to support consistency, while individual teams work with their own secured data.
In this video, you will see how to configure and use Projects to work with data across different teams using Sample Manager Professional.
Without the use of Project organization, Sample Manager does not partition data for different teams. Permissions are granted to all data simultaneously in a single "container".
When you enable Projects in the Professional Edition of Sample Manager, data can be grouped and partitioned by teams.
The home project is at the top level and provides shared definitions and storage configurations. Data can be added directly in the home project or to the individual "subcontainer" projects as appropriate. Permissions are controlled independently in each project, making it easy to partition separate team spaces.
To manage projects, select Administration from the user avatar menu, then click the Projects tab. This tab is only available when you are in the home project and lists existing projects.
Click Create to add a new project. Enter the Project Name and uncheck the checkbox if you wish to provide a different label.
Click Create Project. When first created, only administrators can view the new project. This can be useful when configuring a new project for a team to ensure the users only access it when ready. Click Update project permissions if you want to grant access immediately. You can also reach this page by selecting the project from the menu, clicking Dashboard, then choosing Administration from the user avatar menu and clicking Permissions.
To delete a project, either:
When a project is deleted, all data contained in it will also be deleted. The administrator will see a warning detailing the project's contents and need to confirm to proceed.
Once one or more projects have been defined, the main menu will include the name of the current project and a panel on the left for selecting the home project or one of the "subprojects". Each user will see only the projects to which they have access.
To navigate, select the desired project, then the page of interest from the main menu.
When you are in the home project, you can add or manage data and definitions like Sample Types and Assay Designs for all the projects to be able to share.
When in a project, you will still see data for all projects you can access, but additional data added will only be available in that project and visible only to users permitted to see that project's contents.
Note that changes like editing a Sample Type definition in a project require permission to make those changes at the home project level and they will apply to all projects.
Learn about actions across projects in this topic: