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Access to Reportal, for analyzing the data, designing and viewing the reports, is controlled by the licenses purchased by the client. In addition to the standard Forsta Plus User license, which gives full access to Reportal, three other types of license are available to allow access by non-Designated Users:
- Reportal Designer Access (RDA) - enables Forsta Clients to allow non-Designated Users to design their Reportal reports for a limited period.
- Reportal Analyst Access (RAA) - enables Forsta Clients to allow non-Designated Users access to the Analyst functionality. This functionality allows users to analyze the data and create tables without having to create full reports and/or report pages (go to Analyst Toolbox for more information).
- Reportal Viewer Access (RVA) - allows non-Designated Users (for example one of the Forsta Client's customers) to view Reportal reports, again for a limited period.
Note: Two licensing models are available for Reportal end-users and panelists:
1. Limited User License - One RDA license gives design access to one specified person, for one report at a time, for a defined period. For example, if one person wishes to work on two reports simultaneously then two RDAs are required, or if three people wish to collaborate in the design of one report then three RDAs are required.
RDAs are allocated by the Forsta License Manager. One RVA license allows one specified person to view one report for a defined period. If two people wish to view the same report, or if one person wishes to view two reports, then two RVAs are required. RVAs are allocated by the Forsta Client's System Administrator.
2. Unlimited User License - One end-user can be assigned view access to as many reports as required with 1 RVA license. The license in use will at all times be the highest permission available to the end-user. So in the event one end-user has been assigned view permission to 5 reports and that end-user is then granted design permission to a 6th report, this will then no longer count as 1 RVA license but will release the RVA license and instead acquire 1 RDA license. With the highest permission (RDA), an end-user can be assigned any combination of RVA/RDA/RAA licenses to any number of reports.
Note that the “quantity” of RDAs, RAAs and RVAs purchased can be allocated as required by the Forsta Client, though they must be allocated to named individuals.
The quantities of RDAs, RAAs and RVAs available to a Forsta Client, and their use, is defined in the Forsta User License. For further information, contact your Forsta Account Manager.
Note: RDA users cannot conduct recoding in Reportal as they do not have access to the data source.