They can, for example:

• View a list of Principal Investigators and Account Numbers listed with the Core for their department;
• Examine charges hitting any of the accounts in their control from the Sequencing Core, and obtain detailed breakdown of the samples and dates of processing.
• Disable account numbers that should not be used to charge sequencing (e.g. expired grants, spent-out accounts).

Who can perform these tasks?

Anyone who has the Departmental password is capable of performing the administrative functions listed above. I suggest you give that password only to one or two people who know the accounts, the investigators and their purchasing patterns.

How do you perform these tasks?

All Departmental Admin functions are performed from the Departmental Administration page. Click on that link, choose your department from the pop-up list, and enter the department's password. You'll get a set of buttons that do all the tasks listed above.

Who should be given the Departmental password?

You may give the password to any number of people in your office. With that password, however, one can see many details about account numbers and spending that perhaps should not be made generally available. I suggest that you give the password to just one or two people who actually have responsibility for resolving SOAs with the charges.

How is the Departmental password set?

The Core Director initially set the departmental password arbitrarily. Anyone with that password can then change it, using the Departmental Administration pages of our web site.

We've forgotten our Departmental password - what should we do?

Please contact the Core Director (Dr. Robert Lyons). He can reset the password to whatever you choose.

Some account numbers are missing from our list - what do we do?

Each PI chooses a department for each account entered into our system. If they chose an inappropriate department, then the wrong administrator will see it on their list. Please contact the Core Director (Dr. Robert Lyons) to have the account number moved to your jurisdiction. The PI can also, in theory, make this change.

Some Investigators are missing from our list - what do we do?

Each Principal Investigator chooses a department when they enter themselves in the Core's computer. This is entirely their choice, and they are responsible for any amendment. Please contact the Core Director (Dr. Robert Lyons) if you have any questions.

There are some accounts (or investigators) who do not belong in our list!

This most likely arises when a PI chooses an inappropriate department for their accounts. Probably there is someone who would very much like to have that account on their own list! Please contact the Core Director (Dr. Robert Lyons) to have it changed, or ask the PI to do it.