TheNeedle

TheNeedle

TheNeedle Platform helps communities turn information into action with an intuitive and accessible crowdsourcing and mapping tool.
By enabling the rapid collection, management and analysis of crowdsourced information from NPS-OSINT and other sources, TheNeedle empowers everyone—individuals, community groups, governments, activists, organizations—to create meaningful change.

Managing People on your deployment

Roles

This feature allows you to set up and manage default and custom roles and permissions for different user groups on your deployment. Each deployment has a default “Admin” and "Member" role, which cannot be deleted, but can be edited. The default “Admin” role allows for full control over ALL functionality on your deployment, while the default "Member" role only grants access to edit their own posts.

Setup Guide

To access the roles management page,

• On the left hand menu bar, click on Settings
• Then, click on Roles
• You’ll be redirected to a page with a list of all existing roles - default & custom roles (created by admins if any exist).

Add Role

To add a custom user role,

• Click on the yellow Add icon
• Add the following details
  • Name: Provide a name for this new custom role
  • Description: Provide a brief description of what/who this custom role has been created for
  • Set your permissions. Below is a brief breakdown of what permissions get granted to users on selecting the options provided.
    • Manage Users: Allows for;
      • Viewing Users
      • Adding, Editing, Deleting Users
      • and Changing roles for Users
    • Manage Posts: Allows for;
      • Viewing posts
      • Editing and Deleting Posts
      • Publishing posts (Setting specific audiences to view )
      • Adding posts to collections
      • Creating new collections
    • Manage Settings: Allows for managing;
      • General Settings
      • Map Settings
      • Data Sources
      • Surveys
      • Categories
    • Bulk Data import and Export: Allows for upload of data via CSV files and exporting files.
    • Edit their own posts: Allows for editing of posts submitted by user
    • Manage collections and saved searches: Allows for
      • Addition posts to all saved searches/collections on
      • Removing posts from all saved searches/collections
      • Editing all saved searches/collections
      • Deleting all saved searches/collections
  • Click on Save.

Credits

This platform is based on the Ushahidi platform please see their website at http://www.ushahidi.com/