The Lab Tools section of the Laboratory Home Page is displayed at the bottom of the Laboratory Home Page. It may only contain some of the links described below, depending on your permissions. The following table describes each configuration tool.

Configuration Tool	Permission Setting for Access	Description
Create New Data Store	Edit Data Stores	Create a New Data Store for a group of research data
Delete Data Stores	Edit Data Stores	Delete existing Data Stores
Lab Web Display Settings	Edit Display Settings	Edit web page display settings for the entire laboratory web site, including background and text color schemes, banner logo image, etc.
Users and User Groups	Edit Users	Add, edit, and delete Users and User Groups
Usage Statistics	View Usage	View the system usage log, clear the log and create usage reports
Browse Templates	(All Users have access)	Browse the collection of templates available for facilitating the definition of Data Stores (including the database schema)