1 Introduction to ClearTrial Terms

System Administrators should be familiar with the following ClearTrial terms.

1.1 ClearTrial Terms

• Authentication: The process of providing information that identifies a user to an application. A common means of authentication is to login with a user name and password.

• Authorization: Specific permissions, or privileges, that control what features and data are available to a user.

• Credentials: Information submitted to an application in order to be authenticated and/or authorized. For example, a user name and password.

• User Account: Each user has an account that stores their credentials, personal data, and preferences

• Permission: An expressed authority to use a specific feature or access certain data.

• Role: A group of permissions that can be granted to a user.

• Edit Mode: One of four levels of interaction that control which fields the user can access. Quick Mode is intended for either "ballpark" estimation or novice users, Basic Mode is for normal operation, Advanced Mode is intended for use when planning studies with unusual or specific assumptions that differ from the defaults and Expert Mode allows the user to access every field.

• Maximum Edit Mode: The Maximum Edit Mode is the highest edit mode users are authorized to use.

• Preferred Edit Mode: ClearTrial defaults users to their Preferred Edit Mode every time they create a new study or plan. Users can change their preferred edit mode by using the Edit Profile button.

• Preferred Home Page: ClearTrial allows users to select the preferred screen they need displayed upon logging in. Users can select the Plan List, Study List, or Portfolio List Screens to be displayed.

• Preferred Locale: The Preferred Locale is the geographic location of the user. System Administrators can select the Preferred Locale for a user, which will determine how dates and numbers are displayed in ClearTrial.

• Security Question and Answer: Upon registration, users select a security question and provide an answer. System Administrators use this information to identify a user to reset their password. Users need this information to reset their password with the "Forgot your Password?" feature.