Sharing¶
We can share a project with other DSW users or external collaborators. We can access all sharing options by clicking the Share button in the top right.
Project sharing settings.¶
Note
It is not possible to remove the last project owner. To change the project owner, we need to add another user as an owner first.
If we want to only see how Sharing is set up or copy the project link, we can use the arrow button which is a part of the Share button.
Fast project sharing.¶
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When sharing settings are changed, the changes are saved automatically.
There are different project sharing roles that grant access to different project features:
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These are project sharing roles. They apply to this specific project and are separate from global roles. A global role can also grant access to all projects, depending on its permissions.
| Viewer | Commenter | Editor | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View project | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Metrics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Preview | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| View documents | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comment on project | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Change answers | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| TODOs | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Version history | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Create documents | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Editor notes | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Sharing settings | ✔ | |||
| Project settings | ✔ |
Note
Some of the following options might be globally disabled in the application settings for the whole DSW instance, therefore not visible on the project level.
The following video tutorial explains and showcases sharing options and tools that can be used while collaborating with others. Some features mentioned in the video are also explained in the project questionnaire.
Users¶
We can choose specific users from the DSW instance and their project sharing role to grant them access to project features based on the table above. This is a good way to add other collaborators that work together with us on the project. Also, this is the only way to add other project owners.
Visible by all other logged-in users¶
We can enable the Visible by other logged-in users toggle to grant access to the project for all other users without the need to explicitly list them. Then, we can also choose what the users can do – view, comment, or edit the project. We cannot grant owner access this way though.
This can be useful, when we want to have an example project accessible by everybody. We can simply enable this and choose that other users can view the project. We also want to set this up when we create a project template.
Public link¶
We can enable the Public link toggle to grant access to the project to anyone who has the link. We can again choose what they can do – view, comment, or edit the project. Also, the public link is visible there, so we can simply copy it and send to whoever we want to collaborate with. Then, they don’t need a DSW account and still be able to access our project.