When working with Bioprocess Recipes and PD Studies in Benchling, specific permissions are necessary to ensure proper access and functionality.
Summary of Bioprocess Permissions
Permissions affecting Bioprocess are applied in three main areas within the Benchling tenant:
1. Template Collections (General Access Policies), which impact Recipe permissions
2. Projects / Folders (General Access Policies), which impact PD Study / Experiment execution permissions
3. Study Schema (Schema Access Policies), which also impacts PD Study / Experiment execution permissions
When a Process Development Study is created, you must select a Project or Folder where the PD Study will be stored. You must also select the Recipe that will be used as a starting point for your Experiment design.
- If you need to be able to create and edit new Recipes, you need at least WRITE access on the Template Collection
- If you need to be able to execute a Process Development Study (which uses a specific Recipe), you need:
- READ access to the Template Collection containing the Recipe
- CREATE access to the specific Study schema access policies
- WRITE access to the Project / Folder that you’re storing the Study in
Recipe Permissions
Recipe permissions are derived from the Template Collection settings that the Recipe is located in, which use General Access Policies.
Within General Access Policies, there is a table for Recipes that indicates what Recipe functionality is granted for a given Access Policy. See the “Recipes - General Access Policies” table before for a summary.
Note: the Template table within a General Access Policy still only indicates granted or not-granted functionality for Notebook Templates, not Recipes. The settings on a Template Collection indicate which Access Policy will be applied to either Recipes or Notebook Templates within that Template Collection.
Example: if a user is given Benchling’s default Write access to a Template Collection, they will have Write access to the Recipe in that Template Collection, and thus have the ability to view, edit, execute, archive, and unarchive Recipes (as defined in the table below).
Study Permissions
Study permissions are derived from both the Project / Folder containing the Study object (which uses General Access Policies), and the specific Study schema (which uses Schema Access Policies).
Example: if a user has Read access to a Project or Folder, then the user will also have Read access to any Studies within that Project or Folder.
Permissions for Study schemas are derived from access policies set on the specific Study Schema within feature settings.
Note: users must have at least Create access on the Study Schema Access Policies to be able to Create new Study objects.
Keep in mind when setting up permissions for Bioprocess that the General Access Policies you set on Template Collections and Projects impact other objects and abilities in the tenant too.
By understanding these detailed permissions, you can effectively manage and use Bioprocess Recipes and PD Studies in Benchling.
Bioprocess Permissions FAQs
Where will the Unit Operation tasks be created when a Study is executed?
- The Unit Operation tasks will be created in the Project or Folder of the Study.
- This means that the same Project or Folder permissions as the Study will apply to the Unit Operation tasks upon creation.
If you move a Study to a different Project or Folder, will the Unit Operation tasks also be moved to the new Project or Folder?
- No, the Unit Operation tasks do not automatically move if the Study is moved. We recommend keeping the Unit Operation tasks and Study in the same Project or Folder (i.e., move everything together).
- If a Unit Operation task is in a different Project or Folder than the Study, it could prevent you from executing Unit Operation tasks if you do not have Write access to the containing Project or Folder.