Sharing Your Data

Getting to the Sharing Options for Your Directories

You can edit the sharing options for one of your directories by clicking the triangle next to the directory name and selecting Sharing.

Getting to the Sharing Options for Your Files

You can edit the sharing options for one of your files by:

Right-clicking the filename and selecting Sharing.

OR

Selecting the file checkbox and selecting File>Sharing.

Sharing & Permissions

Any of the Sharing options above opens the Sharing & Permissions dialog.

This dialog box shows the file or directory owner.  It also lists all users or user groups that have access to that file or directory, and what privileges they have (Read or Read, Write & Delete).

To change the sharing options, click the Edit Sharing button on this dialog.

Edit Sharing Options

Clicking the Edit Sharing button opens the sharing management dialog.

Here, you can add a specific user to the sharing list for the file/directory by entering their GenomeSpace user name under Share with User, selecting the privileges you want them to have, and clicking Grant Permissions.

Groups can be similarly included in the permissions for a file/directory by selecting the group from the Group Name drop-down selecting the privileges you want to grant to all users in that group, and clicking Grant Permissions.

You can also choose to share your file or directory with all GenomeSpace users by selecting Allow public access, selecting the privileges you want to grant, and clicking Grant Permissions.

If you need to make a new group, or to manage an existing group, click the wrench icon to the right of the Group name drop-down list.

Manage Groups

The manage groups dialog has several major areas.

	List of user groups in GenomeSpace. From here, you can select one of your groups and delete it with the Delete Selected Group button. You can also select a group to see its group members.
	Use this area of the dialog to create a new group by entering the name and a short description, and clicking Add New Group.  Select the Membership is publicly visible checkbox to allow all GenomeSpace users to see the users in the group.
	Under Group Members, you can not only see the list of group members, but also delete users from the group (by clicking the red X next to the user name), and add users to the group.  You can make a user a group administrator by selecting the user and the User can administer group checkbox. To add a user, enter the GenomeSpace user name in the add user field and click the Add user to... button

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