Geraldine Van der Auwera

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Just in case someone finds this: there is now a documentation article that provides more details about how to use the Terra API and the FISS library (including example notebooks) here: https://supp...

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• May 12, 2022 15:36
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Nextflow support in Terra

Nextflow is a popular bioinformatics workflow language with a fast-growing community of users. It is technically possible to submit Nextflow workflows from within a notebook in Terra but it would b...

• Geraldine Van der Auwera
• April 05, 2022 17:55
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Add comment log to the workspace

I'd like to be able to post comments in my workspace (either in the dashboard or in a separate tab, with timestamps and author ID associated) to keep track of events/observations in the course of a...

• Geraldine Van der Auwera
• March 10, 2022 06:34
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Totally understand there are use cases like what you describe that aren't currently covered, for sure. I believe there is some work in progress to address some of this, though I'm not personally aw...

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• January 14, 2022 17:52
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3. Give users control over deleting bucket data to better manage cloud costs

Hi Ricky, this is definitely an important topic, thanks for writing in. We do have a couple of official solutions for this, which may not cover the full spectrum of what you're envisioning, but add...

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• January 14, 2022 17:04
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Make workspace environment variables available in workflow configuration

We have workflows that need to write outputs to a specific path in the workspace bucket, eg the Cumulus workflow in the Intro to HCA data workspace. This is usually done when the workflow does not ...

• Geraldine Van der Auwera
• December 04, 2021 14:12
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3. FR: Add a description field to the "Workspace data" tab

Ooh this is a great idea, seconded

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• December 02, 2021 20:46
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3. Workflows setup
4. Saving storage costs by deleting intermediate files

Hi Andrew Davidson, I created a ticket for our support team to consider this as a feature request. If you're not familiar with it, the Feature Requests section of the forum is a great place to post...

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• July 29, 2021 04:25
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2. Managing Cloud costs
3. How much does my workflow cost?

Hi Andrew Davidson, that's absolutely a fair point. We've had this particular item in our blog/newsletter backlog for a while and finally got to it this week; I'm putting the finishing touches to t...

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• July 29, 2021 04:16
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