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Tour of the Discovery Environment

Learning Objectives

  • Sign up and log in to the Discovery Environment
  • Learn about the major menu items
  • Create folder for data and analysis

Description:

This module introduces the web interface of the Discovery Environment. Follow the self-guided tour to navigate through each of the major menu items and learn what you can do in each menu. Lastly, you will create a folder in your home directory for your data and analyses which you can use for subsequent modules.

Self-guided Discovery Environment Tour

  1. Sign up and log into the CyVerse DE Discovery Environment.

  2. Familiarize with platform by hovering and clicking on the different options: a. Use the search bar where you can search for anything in the Data, Apps, and Analyses panels. You can select to limit the search using the dropdown menu of these panels on the search bar. b. Use the question button to chat with CyVerse support. c. Use the bag feature to organize items you want to download (e.g. like an online shopping cart). d. Use notifications to see the history and status of analyses and data sharing, and other transactions.

  3. On the left-hand sidebar, click on the following to see what is available:

    DE Menu

    • home Home - Dashboard
    • data Data - Interface to the Data Store, including your personal and shared data
    • apps Apps - Applications (including VICE interactive applications)
    • analysis Analyses - Status and history of analysis jobs
    • shell Cloud shell - Quicklaunch of a Linux shell
    • team Teams - Organize collaborators and sharing
    • bank Collections - Public collections of applications and data
    • help Help - Help and support
Tip

You can expand the navigation side bar for a detailed description of views in the Discovery Environment by clicking on the button.

  1. Go back to the Data menu and familiarize with the options:

    a. Your folder in Data

    b. Click on the "Shared with me" folder

    c. Then select "Community Data" folder

    d. "Trash"

Try it!

In your home folder create a folder named tutorial_folder.

Inside that folder create two additional folders: raw_data/ and results/

Output/Results

Output Description
/tutorial folder/
tutorial_folder/raw_data
tutorial_folder/results		 - We will cover in detail how to create and share folders in the next steps of the course.
- These will contain example data from future steps in the tutorial

Self Assessment Questions

Which of the following is NOT part of the Discovery Environment Menu?

A. Data

B. Apps

C. Teams

D. Videos

Answer

Correct answer is D.

Although videos are not a DE menu, videos and webinars are available in the 'Home' view dashboard.

Select all that applies: Which of these can you do on the Discovery Environment?

A. Create public and private teams

B. Search for data and apps

C. Send message to other CyVerse users

D. Launch environments like Jupyter and Rstudio

Answer

Correct answer are A, B, D.

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