Groups

Overview

Groups is CoGe's method of managing collections of users and the private genomes to which they access. This is part of CoGe's data security model.

Accessing CoGe Groups Page

Select "User/Data Groups" from "Preferences drop-down menu"

How to use

1. Create a group
   1. Assign it a name
   2. Give it a description
   3. Create a role for the group
      1. Owner: has permission to add new users to the group
      2. Editor: has permission to modify data (currently not used, but feature is there for the future when users can add genomic features, annotations, and other notes to a genome
      3. Reader: has permission to view genomic data
   4. Press "Create new group"
   5. The group will appear in your groups list
2. Add users to the group
   1. press the "gears" icon next to the group
   2. select CoGe users to add
   3. double click on the user's name or press the "Add" button
3. Add genomes to group
   1. press the "gears" icon next to the group
   2. select genomes to add
   3. double click the genome's name or press the "Add" button
   4. NOTE: this will only show private genomes to which you have access. If there are no genomes here, you don't have access to any private genomes. If there is a private genome of your's in the system, contact Eric Lyons.
4. Editing a group
   1. press the "gears" icon next to the group
   2. change the name, description, users, genomes, etc.
5. Deleting a group
   1. press the "trashcan" icon next to the group
   2. only owners of a group may delete the group