# Assign rights to users

Prerequisites

▪You have been assigned User Management rights in EthoVision XT.

▪There is no experiment open.

User roles

When you add a new user, you have the option to select one of three predefined roles, each representing a set of rights. However, these rights can be changed at any time.

The three initial roles are:

▪Administrator

With default rights User Management and EthoVision Preferences.

▪Researcher

With default rights Experiment Management, Experiment Settings, Trial Control Settings, Arena / Trial Control / Detection Settings, Acquisition, Import External Data, Edit Tracks, Edit Data Profile / Analysis Profile.

▪Technician

With default rights Arena / Trial Control / Detection Settings, Acquisition, Import External Data.

User rights

▪User Management

Gives you the right to add and remove users, and change user rights.

▪EthoVision Preferences

Gives you the right to change the default experiment folder, the warnings displayed and the autosave options.

▪Experiment Management

Gives the right to create new experiments, make and restore backups.

▪Experiment Settings

Gives the right to set and change Experiment Settings.

▪Trial Planning

Gives the right to add trials and variables to the Trial list, and to skip trials or arenas within trials, and re-do trials.

▪Arena / Trial Control / Detection Settings

Gives you the right to create and or edit Arena Settings, Trial Control Settings and Detection Settings.

▪Acquisition

Gives the right to change Acquisition settings and carry out Acquisition.

▪Import External Data

Gives the right to import external data files.

▪Edit Tracks

Gives the right to edit tracks.

note It is likely that your Standard Operating Procedure forbids modifying acquired data. If this is the case, no user should have this right.

The original data is always stored in your experiment.

▪Edit Track Smoothing, Data, Analysis Profiles

Gives the right to smooth tracks, create and edit Data profiles and Analysis profiles.

▪Delete Trials and Clear Log

Gives you the right to delete trials and delete the Experiment log file.

Notes

▪It is likely that your Standard Operating Procedure forbids modifying acquired data. If this is the case, no user should have this right. By default, this right is disabled for all users.

▪The User Management right to delete trials and the Experiment log file is useful when you want to create a template experiment. This template experiment, for example, contains default settings as defined in a Standard Operating Procedure, but should not contain test trials and an already filled log file. Also see Creating an Experiment template. It is advisable to create a special user for this right. In normal operation under GLP no user should be able to perform these actions.