Create a View-only Link for a Registration
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If your registration is embargoed, a view-only link offers a way for you to share the private contents with non-contributors. You can create an anonymized view-only link to hide your contributor names on the registration's "Overview" page and in the "Recent Activity" section - this is particularly useful in blinded peer review! If you're creating an anonymized view-only link for a preregistration, your contributor names will be hidden in the "Authors" section of your form, as well.
Only admins on a registration can create view-only links. This feature will not be visible to read and read+write contributors.
- Create the link
- Copy and share the link
- Remove a view-only link
1. Create the link
Open your registration, then click Contributors tab on the right panel.
A modal will appear.
- Type a name for the link into the first field to help you identify it later (optional).
- To hide your identity from viewers - such as for blinded review - check the box next to Anonymize. This will remove all contributors' names from the contributor's list and logs (optional).
- To extend the view-only link to any registered components, check the boxes next to the respective component(s). Note: Only those with checked boxes will be shared with the link.
- Click the Create button.
4. Remove a view-only link
Removing the link will prevent anyone who has the link from continuing to access your project or its components.
In the "View-only Links" section of the "Contributors" page, click the X to the right of the link.
A modal will appear asking you to confirm the removal.
Click Remove.
The view-only link will be removed from your registration.