Teamwork

When you install NVivo you are prompted to set up an NVivo user profile. When you work in a project, this becomes your project user profile. If each team member accesses the project using their own user profile, you can monitor the work done by different team members. User profiles

Team members can each have their own user profile in a project, however, these are not 'authenticated' as they are in Collaboration Server, so care must be taken to use the correct user profile.

If you change your default NVivo user profile, the next time you work in a project a new project user profile is created. All future work is associated with the new profile.

If you accidentally create two profiles in a project, you can merge them by removing one and assigning all associated content to the other user.

If team members log in to a computer using a shared user account, then—if you want to be able to track their work individually in a project—it is important that each person uses their own NVivo user profile.

Each team member can create their own user profile and should ensure they use the correct one whenever they access the project. NVivo allows users to switch user profiles without closing the project.

You can also turn on the prompt for user option, to prompt users to select their user profile whenever NVivo is lauched. When one team member finishes working with a project, they should exit NVivo so that the next user is forced to launch NVivo and is prompted to enter their user profile.

• A 'Read/Write' password—allows full access to the project.
• A 'Read Only' password—allows users to view the project. This password also allows users to copy your project or import data from your project into another project.

Set project passwords in Project Properties—click File > Project Properties.