These questions and answers will help you understand the basic components of Mindjet Catalyst and how they work together.
A Mindjet Catalyst account gives you access to the Mindjet Catalyst service. Your account provides storage space for workspaces and documents on the Mindjet Catalyst server, and the ability to add other Account users. Users can be granted rights to create workspaces, add content to those workspaces, and collaborate with other account users. Users can access their Mindjet Catalyst accounts using MindManager for Windows or the Mindjet Catalyst online service.
You can be an owner or user in multiple accounts.
You can sign up for an account by clicking Create Account on the File tab's Mindjet Catalyst menu.
The user who sets up the Mindjet Catalyst account is the account owner. See a diagram.
An account user is a person who has been invited to join the Mindjet Catalyst account by its owner. See a diagram.
You can invite users to your account by clicking Invite Users to Account on the File tab's Mindjet Catalyst menu.
Workspaces are discrete, secure areas within an account where users can store documents including MindManager maps and other files. Workspaces can be created and accessed by account users using MindManager for Windows or Mindjet Catalyst online. Teams of users can use workspaces to share information and collaborate and interact in real time. Users can set up multiple workspaces within an account.
If you are not the account owner, your Mindjet Catalyst account owner must grant you the right to create workspaces in your account. Next, using MindManager for Windows or Mindjet Catalyst, you sign in to Mindjet Catalyst with your account credentials. Then, you use the Catalyst Workspaces window in MindManager for Windows or the Workspaces window in Catalyst online to create new workspaces, add workspace members, and add content to them.
A user who creates a workspace within the account is the workspace Owner. A workspace can have more than one owner. Owners can add other members to workspaces and assign them access levels for the workspace.
See a diagram of an account with workspace owners and workspace members.
Workspace members are other users within the Catalyst account that have been invited to use a workspace by its Owner. Workspace Owners can designate each member’s access level for the workspace: Owner, Author, or Reader. The member's Access Level determines their rights within that workspace.
Add documents to a workspace by creating new maps and files on-the-fly, by importing existing documents, or by using MindManager to save documents into the workspace.
