Release a Dataverse

When you release a dataverse to the public, you can request that the Network admin announce the availablity of your dataverse on the Network homepage. Submit an e-mail request to the Network admin to announce your dataverse. On the Network homepage, click the main menu Contact Us option to submit your request by e-mail.

To make your dataverse available to the public:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Release Dataverse and Set Users Privileges.
   You see the Site Restrictions and Users' Privileges page.
3. Under Dataverse Release Settings, click the drop-down list and change the setting from Not Released to Released.
4. Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.
   If your save succeeds, you see the message Update Successful!.
   Your dataverse is now available to the other Network users as specified by your site settings.

Enable Contributions Invitation

To enable an invitation on your dataverse homepage and invite users to contribute studies and data to your dataverse:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Release Dataverse and Set Users Privileges.
   You see the Site Restrictions and Users' Privileges page.
3. In the Contribution Settings, click the check box to enable an invitiation on your dataverse homepage.
   This invitation enables users to create a new account and contribute data to your dataverse.
4. Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.

Edit Privilged Users

You can manage privileges (permissions) for users of your dataverse, based on the defined roles in the DVN.

To manage permissions to your dataverse for specific users:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Release Dataverse and Set Users Privileges.
   You see the Site Restrictions and Users' Privileges page.
3. In the Contribution Settings, you see a list of Users Requesting to be Contributors if any user requested to contribute to your dataverse.
   For each user who you choose to permit to contribute to your dataverse, click the Accept radio button. Or you can click the Reject button if you choose not to permit that user to contribute.
4. In the Edit Privileged Users field, you can assign roles to users and grant them the privileges specified for that role.
   To assign a role to a user, first enter the username of the person to whom you choose to assign privileges in the text field, and then click Add.
   When the username is added to the list in this field, you can click the radio button in front of the role that you choose to assign to that user.
5. Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.

Edit Privileged Groups

You can manage privileges (permissions) for users of your dataverse, based on defined groups.

To manage permissions to your dataverse for specific groups of users:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Release Dataverse and Set Users Privileges.
   You see the Site Restrictions and Users' Privileges page.
3. In the Edit Privileged Groups field, you can assign roles to groups of users and grant all users in the group the privileges specified for that role.
   To assign a role to a group of users, first enter the name of the group to which you choose to assign privileges in the text field, and the click Add.
   When the group name is added to the list in this field, you can click the radio button in front of the role that you choose to assign to that group.
4. Click Save Changes to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.

Add New Accounts

You can create new accounts for users to whom you choose to grant access to your dataverse.

To create a user account:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Add New User Account.
   You see the Create a New Account page.
3. Fill in the required fields: Username, Password, First and Last Names, and E-mail address. Note that the username and password are case sensitive.
4. Click Create Account to keep your changes, or click Cancel to lose your changes.
5. Provide the username and password to the new user with the instructions on how to add a study and upload a data set.

Edit Existing Accounts

To edit an existing user account that you created:

1. Navigate to your dataverse homepage.
2. Click My Options in the top-right corner, scroll to the Admin Options, and then under Users, Permissions, Release Dataverse click Release Dataverse and Set Users Privileges.
   You see the Site Restrictions and Users' Privileges page.
3. In the Edit Privileged Users list, click the username of the account that you choose to edit.
   You see the Account for [username] page.
4. Click the Update Account link in the top-right corner to edit account settings.
   You see the Edit Dataverse Network Account page with account information.
   If you choose to change the password for this account, click the Change Password link instead.
   You see the Edit Dataverse Network Account page with password information.
5. Edit the contents of the fields that you choose to change, and then click Save.