Chapter 3: User Roles and the Data Model

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Chapter 3 User Roles and the Data Model

• The User Model
• User Roles
• User Functions
• User Views
• The Data Model
• Data Organization
• Data Sharing
• Data Views

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The User Model
User Role Hierarchy
You are automatically assigned to each lesser
role.
Administrator
Lab Manager
Technician
Scientist
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User roles affect page views
Sequencing Request Pages differ, depending on
your user role.
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User roles determine Finch-Server tasks.

• Administrator-DNA Analysis Facility
• Lab Manager
• Technician-DAF Techs
• Scientist

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The Data Model
How do YOU want to organize your data?

• Projects contain 1 or more Folders, grouped by
• chromosome, region, organism
• grant or other funding mechanism
• researcher

• Folders contain many reads, grouped by
• experiment
• locus, BAC, genetic region
• researcher

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Sharing Data on the Finch-Server
The group you belong to determines which
projects and folders are viewable.
Farmer John
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Folder organization can affect Reports
Compare these BAC libraries for E coli. Content.
Assign reads to folders logically, so that
generated statistics are valuable. Folder
report statistics are calculated from their
contents.