Each user of SIMAN application can have one or more assigned roles. There are two types of roles: within the entire application and corresponding to a certain study.
The following roles define which functionality of the SIMAN application are are available to a certain user:
System administrator |
sets up and maintains the database
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Knowledge administrator |
designs the workflow of a given study domain in the xml-configuration file and validates the knowledge entered by end-users |
User |
can create a study, can contribute to a study |
Anonymous |
can read only the public studies. All not logged-in users have Anonymous role. |
The following roles can be assigned to a user for a particular study. They define which functionality is available for a user within this study and are used in the validation cycle of study documents.
Author |
can read and write his own public and private studies, can assign users as reviewers, approvers, contributors and readers for the created study |
Contributor
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can download, read and modify documents of the study to which he is assigned as a contributor |
Reviewer
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can download, read, review and validate documents of the study to which he is assigned as a reviewer
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Approver
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can download, read, approve documents of the study to which he is assigned as an approver |
Reader
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can download and read documents of the study to which he is assigned as a reader |
The users with general role Anonymous can’t have roles in studies.
To enter the application under a certain user account, click Connection in the top-right cornet of the application window and input the Username and the Password.