Prerequisites
- Any modern browser
What will you learn?
• How to upload, download and manage data
• How to inspect metadata/project overview info
• How to do simple searches
• How to create private and public links to share data
Lets get Started
We have a website interface to our data storage system. This is intended as a light weight interface for small scale data management work.
Load the website at https://data.pawsey.org.au (we recommend you use Chrome in this training).
Login with your provided authentication details. Contact a trainer if something goes wrong.
Exercises
Exercise 1 - Navigate and inspect data with Data Portal
Perform the following:
- login to the Data Portal,
- navigate Data portal
- search for files (including wild card search)
- discover allocation size
- login with your authentication details
- Navigate the portal
- Search for files
- Find allocation size...how much storage does my project have?
Exercise 2 - Upload and download using Data Portal
Perform the following:
- Upload a file to your project.
- Download a file from your project,
- Upload a file to your project.
You can either drag and drop a file to your browser window, with the target folder selected. Alternatively, use the upload button
Observe the upload detail pane...click on Uploads. Have a look at the activity log button...
- download a file from your project,
Exercise 3 - Managing data with Data Portal
Perform the following:
- Make a file public
- Make a folder
- Move file
- Move folder
- Make a file public and private
- Make a folder
- Moving file and folders
Navigate to the destination and click "Move to Here". This will work with Folders.