One account
The same ConductScience account signs you in to ConductCommons and to ConductColony.
ConductColony
ConductCommons and ConductColony
ConductColony runs animal colonies and facilities. ConductCommons runs instruments, services, and lab inventory. Today they share your account and a menu link, and keep their records apart.
Available now
What connects the two today
A link in the menu
A core can add an Animal facility item to its ConductCommons menu. It opens ConductColony in a new tab.
Both keep working alone
You can use either one without the other. ConductColony needs no ConductCommons workspace or plan, and the reverse.
Kept apart
What does not cross
Records
Animals, cages and tanks, breeding, genotypes, husbandry, and health cases stay in ConductColony. Instruments, reservations, service requests, and inventory stay in ConductCommons. No record moves between them.
Statements
ConductColony issues its own per diem statements. ConductCommons issues statements for instrument sessions, service requests, supplies, and loans. Neither one bills for the other.
People and access
Each has its own members. Belonging to a ConductCommons workspace gives no access to a ConductColony organization, and belonging to one gives no access to a workspace.
From ConductCommons
Open ConductColony from your core
Turn on the menu item
A core manager opens Settings, then Branding and menu, and turns on Animal facility.
Choose Animal facility
It opens ConductColony in a new tab. ConductCommons stays open in the first one.
Sign in once
Use your ConductScience account. If you are already signed in, you go straight in.
The first time you open ConductColony, it creates your ConductColony account from your ConductScience account. That account sees no colony until someone invites you to an organization or you create one.
Stages
What is available and what is planned
A planned stage is not built and has no date. This table changes only when a stage is released.
| Stage | What it gives you | State |
|---|---|---|
| Links and one account | The menu link and shared sign-in described on this page. | Available |
| Connected workspaces | A manager connects a ConductCommons workspace to a ConductColony organization and matches labs and facilities by hand. Matching by name or email domain alone is not accepted. | Planned |
| Counts and links | Animal and cage counts from ConductColony shown in ConductCommons, each with the time it was last read and a link to the source. An outage shows as unavailable, never as zero. | Planned |
| Charges side by side | ConductColony charges shown next to ConductCommons charges for reporting. Each product still issues its own statement. | Planned |
Book rooms and instruments in ConductCommons.
Your animals stay in ConductColony. Every new workspace includes the Core plan for 30 days.