A cloud calculation is only useful to a collaborator if they can find the right result—and access it. But sharing a molecular modeling job raises two practical questions: who should be able to see its files, and who should be able to change its details? SAMSON Connect lets you manage those choices after running a cloud job from SAMSON.
This is useful when handing a calculation to a colleague, coordinating work across a project group, or making results available more broadly. Instead of treating every job link the same way, choose a visibility level that matches the intended audience.
Choose the right visibility
SAMSON Connect provides three visibility options for jobs:
- Public: the job is visible to everyone.
- Hidden: a link is needed to download the job files.
- Restricted: specific access rights must be granted to access the files or edit job details.
Jobs are set to Restricted by default. That is a useful starting point when a calculation is intended for a defined team rather than a general audience. If you want people to retrieve files through a link, Hidden may fit; if the job should be visible to everyone, choose Public. Before sharing, consider not only who needs the results now, but also whether the job’s audience may change later.
Find the job and its files
On SAMSON Connect, open Jobs from your user menu to see jobs you created and jobs shared with you.
Select a job to access its files. You can also use the context menu to download job files, which is convenient when a collaborator needs a copy for analysis or review.
Share with people or a project group
When you are the job owner, you can grant access rights to an individual user or a group. Sharing with a group can be more manageable when several collaborators need the same job: group membership can be managed in one place, rather than treating every project resource as a separate invitation. SAMSON Connect supports public and private groups, and group owners can manage membership, roles, and membership end dates.
For a collaboration that will continue over time, a project group can help keep access organized as people join or leave. For a one-off handoff, granting access to a specific user may be sufficient. The key distinction is that job owners can grant access, while job owners or job editors can edit job details such as the name and notes.
A quick sharing check
- Confirm the job is the one you intend to share.
- Choose Public, Hidden, or Restricted based on who should be able to find or access it.
- For Restricted jobs, grant access to the intended user or group.
- Remember that file access and permission to edit job details are not the same thing.
- If the collaboration changes, review group membership and job access again.
This small check can prevent a common collaboration snag: sending a link that does not provide the intended access, or making a job available more broadly than planned. For details on profiles, groups, documents, and jobs, see the SAMSON collaboration documentation.
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