User Permissions

NiDB users can have many different permissions, from complete system administration to read-only access. Most users will fall into the project-based permissions. Below are the description of each permission. Protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) are both referred to as PHI below.

PermissionDescriptionHow to grant

Read-only PHI

  • View lists of subjects/studies in project

  • View subject PHI

Admin --> Users --> Project permissions

Read-only imaging

  • All permissions from Read only PHI

  • Search, view, download imaging

Admin --> Users --> Project permissions

Full PHI

  • All permissions of Read only PHI

  • Modify PHI

  • Create or import assessment (measures, vitals, drugs) data

Admin --> Users --> Project permissions

Full imaging

  • All permissions of Read only imaging

  • Download, upload, modify, delete imaging data

  • Create new imaging studies

  • Add, modify series notes

  • Add, modify series ratings

Admin --> Users --> Project permissions

Project admin

  • All permissions of Full imaging and Full PHI

  • Enroll subject in project

  • Move subjects between projects

  • Move imaging studies between projects

  • Modify series (rename, move to new study, hide/unhide, reset QC)

Admin --> Users --> Project permissions

NiDB admin

  • All project-based permissions of Project admin

  • Manage (add, edit, remove) projects and users

  • Can view the Admin page

Admin --> Users

Site admin

  • All non-project based permissions of NiDB admin

  • Manage system settings

  • View system status & usage

  • Manage NiDB modules

  • Manage QC modules

  • Mass email

  • Manage backup

  • View error logs

  • Set system messages

  • View reports

  • Manage audits

  • Manage sites

  • Manage instances

  • Manage modalities

  • Access to "Powerful tools" on Projects --> Studies page

  • Manage all file I/O

  • All permissions available to NiDB admin

Editing the users table in Mariadb and changing the user_issiteadmin column to 1 for that user

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