Creating Projects

To create a collaboration project

1. In the Files tab's Show Shares tree pane view, navigate to the project collaboration share you specified in Configuring Project Collaboration Settings.

   For information on changing the tree pane view, see Changing the Tree Pane View.

   For information on navigating between folders, see Navigating Between Folders.

2. Click New Project.

   The Collaboration Project Details dialog box opens.

   

3. In the Project Name field, type a name for the project.
4. (Optional) In the Description field, type a description of the project.
5. To add a project member, do the following:
   1. In the Local Users drop-down list, select one of the following:
      • Local Users. Search the users defined locally on the appliance.
      • Domain domain Users. Search the users belonging to the domain called domain.
      • Local Groups. Search the user groups defined locally on the appliance.
      • Domain domain Groups. Search the user groups belonging to the domain called domain.
   2. In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the user or user group you want to add, then click .

      A table of users or user groups matching the search string appears.

      

   3. Select the desired user or user group in the table.

      The user or user group appears in the Quick Search field.

   4. Click Add.

      The user or user group appears in the Project Member list.

6. In the project member's row, click the Permission field, and do one of the following:
   • To specify that the member should be able to add, edit, and delete files and folders in this project, select Read/Write.
   • To specify that the member should only be able to view files and folders in this project, select Read Only.
   • To specify that the member should bot be able to view files and folders in this project, select None.
7. To delete a project member, click in the desired project member's row.
8. Click Save.

   The project is added to the project share.

   

   If the mail server is set up, and email addresses are defined for the users you added as project members, the appliance will send email notifications to the new project members, inviting them to collaborate on the project.

   For information on configuring mail server settings, see Configuring Mail Server Settings. For information on editing users, see Adding and Editing Users.