Child Project Permissions

Child projects in Uncountable enable users to create sub-projects within a parent project. On the Project Listing page, child projects appear nested beneath the associated parent project.

To create a child project, users must have the appropriate permissions. This article explains how to configure these permissions and troubleshoot permissions issues.

Troubleshooting Issues Creating Child Projects

In order to create child projects users must have either “Read” or “Write” permissions enabled on the parent project. If you are unable to create a child project, you likely have inadequate permissions. To troubleshoot this issue, take the following steps.

Step 1: Check Permissions Required to Create Child Projects

From the Project Listing page, click the parent project’s cog icon and select “Edit Project”.

Locate the Permissions Required for Creating Children field at the bottom of the modal. In the screenshot below, “Write” permissions are required to create new child projects from the select project.

Step 2: Check Your User Group Permissions

Navigate to the User Groups tab on the User Administration page. Access the “…” menu for your user group and select “Edit Permissions”. Learn more about user group permissions.

For the material family (A), check to that your Experiment permissions (B) match those set in the parent project modal.

Setting Permissions for Creating Child Projects

Permissions to create child projects can be granted for an entire user group or for select users.

Granting Permissions for User Groups

To give an entire user group the ability to create child projects, take the following steps:

1. Within the parent project’s Edit Project Information modal, set the Permissions Required for Creating Children to “Read” or “Write”.
2. Access the User Group tab of the User Administration page.
3. Edit the user group’s permissions (”…” → “Edit Permissions”).
4. Make sure that the group’s Experiments permissions match those set in step one.

Granting Permissions Individual Users

To grant select users the ability to create child projects, take the following steps:

1. Within the parent project’s Edit Project Information modal, set the Permissions Required for Creating Children to “Write”.
2. Access the User Group tab of the User Administration page.
3. Edit the user group’s permissions (”…” → “Edit Permissions”).
4. Set the group’s Experiment permissions to “Read”.
5. Navigate to Project Permissions by clicking your your name in the navigation bar and selecting “Project Permissions”.
6. Add a new “Write” Experiments permission set for the users you want to grant access to.

Restricting Permissions for User Groups

If you want to restrict who can create new child projects, take the following steps:

1. Within the parent project’s Edit Project Information modal, set the Permissions Required for Creating Children to “Write”.
2. Access the User Group tab of the User Administration page.
3. Edit the user group’s permissions (”…” → “Edit Permissions”).
4. Set the group’s Experiments permissions to “Read”.

Restricting User from Creating Parent Projects

In some cases, you may want to limit a user group’s permissions so that they can only create child projects. The “Require Permissions to Create Root Project” setting allows admins to require user to assign a parent when creating a new project. To enable this setting:

1. From the Manage Material Families tab within Company-Wide Settings, enable the Require Permissions to Create Root Project setting for a select material family.
2. On the User Groups page, set Experiment permissions to “Read” for the select material family.
3. On the Project Permissions page, set Experiment permissions to “Write” for the select material family.