Getting Started
Signing into Lab Atlas for the first time and preparing your environment for users
Signing-up and creating your organization
If you do not already have a Lab Atlas account, you will first need to signup to create an organization. Go to https://app.labatlas.com/signup and complete the signup form.
After clicking 'Continue', you will be prompted for a verification code. Check your email inbox for a message containing this code, provide it to continue.
Once you have created your account and signed-in successfully, a new organization will be created for you automatically. This organization will be enrolled in the free Starter Plan and have a limited feature set, but you can upgrade to the full-features Professional Plan at any time. Refer to the Choosing the Right Plan section for more information.
You can sign-out of the application or view your profile by clicking on your name in the top-right corner of any page and selecting the appropriate item from the dropdown menu.
Working in your new organization
The first time you log into Lab Atlas after signing-up, you will be taken to your organization home page, where you will be presented with a brief introduction to the application and some recommended steps for getting your environment ready for you and your colleagues. Here are the recommended actions you should take before getting to work:
Invite new users & assign them to teams
Connect your electronic laboratory notebook (eg. Benchling)
Connect cloud storage services (eg. Microsoft SharePoint or Amazon S3)
Connect source code management systems (eg. GitLab)
Create Projects and assign users to them
The sidebar is organized into two groups. Workspace holds the records you work with every day — Projects, Studies, Assays, Tasks, Collections, Notes and Files. Organization holds the shared surfaces: Users (the member directory), Integrations (connections to Benchling, SharePoint, S3, GitLab and the rest) and Settings.
Of the tasks above, inviting users is done from Users, connecting your notebook, storage and source control from Integrations, and creating projects from Projects. Teams, assay types, shared folders and your subscription live under Settings → Organization.
Switching between organizations
If you are a member of more than one organization, you can switch to a different one by clicking the 'My Organizations' button in the menu bar.
On the new screen, you can select another organization to switch-to or create a brand new organization. If you are a member of organizations in multiple domains (eg. Lab Atlas Enterprise domains), you can click the option 'Show External Organizations' to get a list of member organizations accross all tenants.
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