iPlant Discovery Environment

An Overview

What is it?

The Discovery Environment has been described in many ways…

“It’s a virtual workbench…”

“It’s where I manage my data…”

“It’s where I analyze my data…”

“It’s an app store….”

What is it?“iPlant’s flagship web-based system for integrating

data and analyses”

How can I use it?

• Data • Applications• Analyses

Data

Community (Shared) Data

Data (coming soon)

Processing your data….definitions to keep in mind

• Tool-installed on condor cluster or via Foundational API. Binary or script.

• Application- GUI representation created in DE for an installed tool

• Analysis-act of using the application with data

Applications

Ways to customize applications

• Copy and edit app currently in DE• Integrate new interface for existing binary or

executable (not your own)• Integrate your own command line program

Copy/Edit existing interfaceExample scenarios

• An application exists in the DE that I’d like to use, but I use different values or additional parameters for my research

• I’d like to modify an application to use in a workflow

Integrate a new existing toolExample scenario

• There is a tool that I use frequently in my research, and I don’t see an interface (application) for it in the iPlant Discovery Environment– CAVEATS: must be command line tool or script

that can be called via command line– Integration of a tool that is deployed via

Foundation API is separate use case, and separate presentation.

Integrate MY OWN toolExample scenario

• Research group is working on developing a tool that they find useful and are about to publish. Once published, they would like to make an interface (application) available for wider adoption.

Launching an Analysis

• View data you wish to use• Select App from App Catalog• Set parameters/launch job• Monitor progress• View outputs

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Upcoming Features

• Searching of applications and data– Development in progress

• Provenance tracking– Underlying infrastructure changes in progress

• Enhancements to workflow authoring• Tagging of files and applications• More usability changes• Localized sharing (group or individual)

Questions or Feedback?

Nicole Hopkinsnicole@iplantcollaborative.org

OR

iPlant Forumforum.iplantcollaborative.org

What next?

Please navigate to the following URL

http://goo.gl/saF8d

shortened url for this onehttps://pods.iplantcollaborative.org/wiki/display/sciplant/DE+Walkthrough+Tutorial+Series