REDCap: Recommended User Roles
This page provides recommended REDCap access for users of a REDCap project. This access can be set individually or for multiple users by the creation of user roles. To learn how to setup a user role in SMPH REDCap, please see User Rights Management.

A requirement of using the FDA Regulated REDCap instance is to create roles within your project. The roles you create should match your delegation of authority logs.
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User Rights - Read Only | ![]() |
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Data Access Groups | ![]() |
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Privileges for data exports (including PDFs and API exports), reports, and stats | |||||||||
Data Exports (select one) |
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De-Identified | ![]() |
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Full Data Set | ![]() |
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Add / Edit Reports | ![]() |
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Stats & Charts | ![]() |
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Other Privileges | |||||||||
Survey Distribution Tools | ![]() |
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Alerts & Notifications |
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Calendar | ![]() |
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Data Import Tool | ![]() |
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Data Comparison Tool | ![]() |
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Logging | ![]() |
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File Repository | ![]() |
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Data Quality | Create & Edit Rules | ![]() |
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Execute Rules | ![]() |
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Data Resolution Workflow (Only available if enabled on a project level - ![]() |
No Access | ![]() |
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View Only | ![]() |
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Open queries only | ![]() |
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Respond only to opened queries | ![]() |
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Open and respond to queries | ![]() |
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Open, close, and respond to queries | ![]() |
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API | API Export | ![]() |
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API Import / Update | ![]() |
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Settings pertaining to project records | |||||||||
Create Records | ![]() |
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Rename Records | ![]() |
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Delete Records | ![]() |
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Settings pertaining to record locking and E-signatures | |||||||||
Record Locking Customization | ![]() |
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Lock / Unlock Records | Disabled | ![]() |
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Locking / Unlocking | ![]() |
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Lock / Unlock with E-sign |
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Allow locking of all forms at once for a given record | ![]() |
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Data Entry Rights - Specific to each Instrument | |||||||||
Data Entry Rights | No Access | We recommend moving all PHI fields to a single instrument and setting 'No Access' for that individual. |
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View & Edit | ![]() |
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Edit Survey Responses | ![]() |
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If you have a UW-Madison REDCap project and have questions about User Roles, please send them to REDCap@ictr.wisc.edu
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