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.

Permission
Description
How 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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