Administrative UI to add users, communities, collections, etc. in DEMO dspace site?

[Alan Z]

I logged into the DSpace demo site (http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/) as a community admin, hoping to test drive the UI for adding collections and users, etc.-- but I see nothing like that in any of the demo communities. I mean: I can list the current authors in a community but see no UI for adding users. Or for that matter adding a collection. Does the demo simply not include any such capability or am I missing it before my own eyes?

I know there is a command line method for such operations and one can implement one's own solution by calling through the XML or JSP API-- but is there really no built-in admin UI for these operations?

Thanks,

Alan

[Tim Donohue]

Hi Alan,

Those features do exist, but it sounds like there's a misunderstanding on how they work / where to find them. Specifically, here's a few things to clarify:

1) Only Site Administrators can add new Users (Login -> Administrative sidemenu -> Access Control -> People).  Community Administrators cannot add new accounts, but can give existing accounts permissions within their Community.

    1a) However, depending on local settings, individual users often can register with DSpace. This allows individuals to create their own account. But, this account has no special permissions until an Administrator gives them permissions (by adding them to a role/group).

    1b) Some local sites also choose to use an Authentication Plugin (for LDAP or Shibboleth). These plugins allow users at an institution to login immediately using an external authentication system (LDAP or Shib), without needing to first create a user. https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Authentication+Plugins

2) Community Administrators *only* have Administrative rights under (one or more) specific Communities. So, this means they can only create subcommunities or collections under those specific Communities.  On the demo site, the demo Community Admin can only create Collections under the "Sample Community" (http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/handle/10673/1).  So, after logging in as the demo Community Admin, if you go to that Community, on the sidemenu you'll see a new "Context" menu in the sidebar with an option that says "Create Collection".

   2a) It's worth noting that a Site Administrator can Create a Collection under any Community.  They can also create new Communities and assign Community Admin rights within them. But, again you must first browse to a Community to create the Collection under.  DSpace has a strict hierarchy of Community -> Collection -> Item -> Files.

I hope that helps explain these features a bit more, Alan.  Definitely let us know on this list if you have other questions that pop up.

- Tim

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[Alan Z]

Thank you, Tim, for clarifying that. I was logged in as a community admin, but I was looking at a different community where there was no Context menu in the sidebar. Now that i went to the Sample Community I indeed see the Context menu. Great!

I would also like to add that since starting to look into DSpace I am REALLY REALLY impressed by the level of support and patient help that is given through this forum. You guys are amazingly responsive! 

A