Introduction to Administration

In eLab, administration is the process of managing users, groups, roles, passwords, licenses and maintaining the underlying database. We have made every effort to simplify these processes as much as possible and provide wizards to guide you through many of the more complex tasks. For most installations it would not be necessary to use most of the administrative features of eLab. The administrative features are contained in the Administration group on the Home tab.

Many of eLab the settings, required data and permissions are in response to industry compliance guidelines, in particular the FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 (see www.fda.gov). By default eLab implements a strict interpretation of the guidelines and makes much of the administrative overhead transparent. However, if you choose not to follow these guidelines or wish to implement them in a different way, you may modify the level of compliance by changing the settings in the Database Settings. Modifying these settings may also improve system performance.

Figure 30.1. The Administration group.

Note: You are required to have the appropriate permissions to view these features.