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Adding a New Researcher - Internal Users

Adding a New Researcher - Internal Users


An internal user is anyone whose email address ends with @pointblue.org. The process for adding internal users to the Point Blue Science Cloud (PBSC) applications is different than the process for adding external users.

The process for external users is generally well-known: request access at the New User Registration page.
https://data.pointblue.org/apps/login/register

But this form will fail if any internal email addresses, including seasonal “-sea” logins, are used. For these users, there is three-step process.

Important note for seasonal employee accounts
Accounts will expire due to inactivity and cannot be restored without your action. Be sure to read the note at the end of this page for instructions on restoring accounts in this state.

  1. Add new researcher using the Researcher Manager app:
    https://data.pointblue.org/science/projectmanager/researcher_manager

    1. Select the “Add unregistered researcher” tab.

    2. Select the project you wish to add the researcher to

    3. Enter at a minimum First name, Last name, Organization, Email (must be a pointblue.org email), and Status

    4. Check the box that says “I understand that I am adding an unregistered researcher and confirm that this researcher will not be able to login to any AKN tools”
      THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR POINTBLUE.ORG ACCOUNTS. However, the box must be checked.

    5. Click Add Researcher

      Note: There is language at the top of this page stating any user created here will not be able to log in. This is NOT true for http://pointblue.org accounts! Please check the box acknowledging the condition to move to the form where you enter their name and email address.

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  2. Add an existing researcher to your projects using the Researcher Manager app:
    https://data.pointblue.org/science/projectmanager/researcher_manager.

    1. Select the “Manage individual researcher” tab

    2. Enter the user’s name or email address

    3. Click on the researcher’s name in the results view

    4. Select Add to Project

    5. Select the project you wish to add the researcher to, select a status, an select “Add to Project”

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You can have informatics staff do one or both of these steps, but if time is of the essence, anyone with Project Leader access can do it themselves.

Example email to Informatics

To: support@pointbluehelp.zendesk.com

Hi all,

Can you add the following user to Biologist and give them access to the DUMM project: Jack Sparrow (jsparrow-sea@pointblue.org)

Thanks!

PLEASE READ: Account Expiration Notes

For security reasons, any account that has not been used for 60 consecutive days will automatically be deactivated. This means the user’s account has been modified so that it cannot be used to login or access our apps.

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