On April 1, 2021, instructors from the Broad Institute taught a 3-hour virtual webinar to the NHLBI BioData Catalyst (BDC) group. In this webinar, you will learn about:
- WDL structure and writing your own script
- Configuring your workflow to use the Terra data tables
- Estimating and optimizing workflow costs
- Advanced WDL concepts
Materials
You can find all the materials at broad.io/BDCSpring21, though links below may specify a specific file folder. If you would like to follow along with this workshop, please complete all pre-work specified in the syllabus before continuing. All required pre-work is highlighted in green boxes.
Agenda & Video
The webinar recording can be found here. Time stamps below may reference specific workshop materials where relevant.
00:00:00 - Welcome & Introduction (slides 1-4)
Instructor: Elizabeth Kiernan, Science Writer, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
00:03:54 - Writing and running workflows (slides 5-16)
Instructor: Elizabeth Kiernan, Science Writer, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
00:38:46 - Configuring and launching a workflows (slides 17-33)
Instructor: Elizabeth Kiernan, Science Writer, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
01:14:13 - Troubleshooting workflow submissions (slides 35-40)
Instructor: Tiffany Miller, Associate Director, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
01:26:55 - Estimating and optimizing workflow costs (slides 41-44)
Instructor: Tiffany Miller, Associate Director, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
01:41:25 - Advanced WDL Concepts (slides 45-52)
Instructor: Tiffany Miller, Associate Director, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
02:02:15 - Closing Remarks and Q&A (slides 53-56)
Instructor: Tiffany Miller, Associate Director, Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute
Further Resources
For more information on Terra, visit https://terra.bio/
For more information on NHLBI BioData Catalyst, visit https://biodatacatalyst.nhlbi.nih.gov/
For the first webinar in this series, see this article.