Terra and FireCloud - Side-by-Side Comparison
To help to transition from FireCloud to Terra, see the difference in the look and naming conventions below, organized by function.
FireCloud |
Terra |
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Contact Us |
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| Through the FireCloud Forum, now deprecated. | Within the Terra App (in addition to the Community forum). You can report bugs, submit a feature request, or ask a question. |
Profile Info |
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On the right side of the page |
On the left side of the page, beneath the three-bar main navigation menu |
Find Data |
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In the Data tab |
In the Data tab |
Workspace-level Attributes (Resources) |
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In the Workspace Summary page |
Called Workspace Data, located in the Other Data section at the bottom of the left column in the workspace Data tab |
Get Data/Configurations from Another Workspace |
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| Pull (import) data/configurations from another workspace into your own workspace ("copy from") | Push data/configurations to another workspace from the workspace you are currently in ("copy to") |
Methods Repository vs. Workflows |
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Found in the Code & Workflows section of the Library |
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Configure Workflows (formerly methods) |
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Method Configuration |
Workflows tab --> select workflow card |
Monitor Jobs |
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Job Monitoring tab |
Job Manager (access by clicking the submission name in the Job History tab) |
Data Selection (when launching WDL runs) |
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| Click launch analysis and then select the data row you wish to proceed | Make data row selection up front in the table of the data tab, instead of after clicking run. You can also multi-select! |
IGV |
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From the Analysis tab |
Select data from a table in the Data tab, click the Open with icon, and then choose IGV. |
