Collaborate

Open source investigations thrive in large investigative communities. We think Atlos shines as a home for this type of large-scale collaboration.

A project's access page.

Add a member

To add a member to a project:

1. Navigate to the Projects page.
2. Select the relevant project.
3. Navigate to the Access page, which can only be edited by project owners.
4. In the Invites section, click New invite.
5. Configure your invite link’s settings and send the link to your collaborators. If they don’t have an Atlos account, they’ll be prompted to create one before joining your project.

When adding a new member, choose each collaborator’s role carefully. Members’ roles dictate their editing permissions and data access. You can learn more about roles and permissions below.

Remove a member

To remove a member from a project:

1. Navigate to the Projects page.
2. Select the relevant project.
3. Navigate to the Access page, which can only be edited by project owners.
4. Click  next to the member who you’d like to remove.

Deactivate an invite link

If an invite link to a project has ended up in the wrong hands, it’s easy to deactivate it:

1. Navigate to the Projects page.
2. Select the relevant project.
3. Navigate to the Access page, which can only be edited by project owners.
4. Under the relevant invite link, click  to deactive the link.

Change an existing member’s role

To change an existing member’s role:

1. Navigate to the Projects page.
2. Select the relevant project.
3. Navigate to the Access page.
4. Click  next to the member whose role you want to change. Note that this button is visible only to project owners.
5. Select the member’s new role from the drop-down menu.
6. Click Save.

Roles & permissions

There are five roles on Atlos. We’ve listed them below in order of increasing authority.

Data-only Viewer

Data-only viewers are the most restrictive role on Atlos. Use this role to share data from a completed investigation with outside collaborators. Data-only viewers can view incidents, but they cannot see comments or incident changelogs (“updates”). They also cannot see any information that would reveal which users are associated with the project, such as the project’s members or incidents’ assignees.

Note that if information that would reveal which users are associated with the project is included in the incident’s description or other attributes, data-only viewers will be able to see it.

Viewer

Use this role to share data from a completed investigation with outside collaborators. Viewers can:

• View and comment on incidents
• Export a CSV of project data
• View a list of project members
• View comments and incident changelogs (“updates”)

Editor

Editors are standard contributors to projects. Editors can:

• Do everything viewers can do
• Edit all incidents (except those marked as completed)

Manager

Managers facilitate investigations on Atlos. Project administrators are often given the Manager role. Managers can:

• Do everything editors can do
• Mark incidents as complete
• Edit all incidents, including those marked as complete
• Delete incidents and view deleted incidents
• Change a project’s attributes
• Change a project’s title, description, and identification code
• Bulk import data
• Bulk export all project data, including underlying media, updates, and metadata

Owner

Owners are like managers, but they can also add and remove members and change their permissions. Owners can:

• Do everything managers can do
• Add and remove members
• Change members’ roles
• Create API tokens