Overview
In Trailmaker™, data can be shared between colleagues, collaborators and even with your technical point of contact at Parse Biosciences in order to facilitate more effective collaboration on the analysis and results. This article provides detailed instructions on how to share data within the Trailmaker Pipeline module and Insights module.
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Share a Pipeline Run
The Pipeline module processes FASTQ files generated using Parse Biosciences’ Evercode™ kits.
Within the Pipeline module Run Details page, the 'Share' button enables the sharing of Pipeline Run data between users.
Clicking the 'Share' button will open a modal where the user can input the email address(es) of the colleague, collaborator and/or Parse Biosciences team member with whom you want to share your Pipeline Run. Once the email address is inserted, you can assign the level of permission you are granting to that person, as either owner or explorer.
- Explorers can view the Pipeline Details and Pipeline Outputs, but they cannot make any changes to the files or parameters in the pipeline Run. Explorers cannot initiate a pipeline Run.
- There can be only one owner per Run. The owner has full control over the Run details, data file upload/deletion, as well as running the Pipeline. If you select another user as owner, you will be transferring ownership of that Run to the selected user. In doing so, you will lose all access to the Run. If you want to retain access to the Run as an Explorer, you would need to ask the new owner to share the Run with you.
Note that you can share with multiple other users at once by clicking ‘Enter’ after each email address.
When all email addresses have been inserted and the level of permissions assigned, click ‘Done’.
The collaborator(s) will then receive an email indicating that a Pipeline Run has been shared with them. If they already have a Trailmaker account, the Pipeline Run will automatically appear in their account. If they do not already have a Trailmaker account, they will receive an email with the link to sign up. If they sign up using the same email address the Run was shared with, then the Pipeline Run will automatically appear in their account once created.
Owners can revoke access within the same 'Share' modal.
Note that any linked downstream analysis (related project in the Insights module) to this Pipeline Run needs to be shared separately. To do this, navigate to the Insights module Project Details page where you will find a similar ‘Share’ button (see next section for details).
Share an Insights Project
The Insights module is available for downstream analysis and visualization of single cell RNA-seq datasets generated using multiple technologies, including Parse Biosciences’ Evercode Whole Transcriptome kits.
Insights module Projects can be shared with colleagues, collaborators and/or Parse Biosciences team members using the ‘Share’ button in the Insights Project Details page (accessible by clicking 'Insights').
In the ‘Share’ modal, you can input the email address(es) of the individuals you want to share your Project with. Once the email address is inserted, you can assign the level of permission you are granting to that person, as either owner or explorer.
- Explorers can use Data Exploration and Plots and Tables pages, but will not be able to make any changes to samples or metadata or re-run Data Processing. If an Explorer wants to create an independent copy of the Project so that they can control the Data Processing settings, they can do this using the ‘Copy’ button in the Insights Project Details page. The Explorer then becomes the Owner of the copied Project. Project owners should keep this functionality in mind when sharing Projects.
- There can be only one owner per Project. The owner has full control over the Project details, data files, samples and metadata, as well as running Data Processing. If you select another user as owner, you will be transferring ownership of that Project to the selected user. In doing so, you will lose all access to the Project. If you want to retain access to the Project as an Explorer, you would need to ask the new owner to share the Project with you.
Note that you can share with multiple other users at once by clicking ‘Enter’ after each email address. When all email addresses have been inserted and the level of permissions assigned, click ‘Done’.
Additionally, you can revoke access to the Project for specific collaborators in the same modal.
Note that any linked upstream analysis (related Run in the Pipeline module) to this Insights Project needs to be shared separately. To do this, navigate to the Pipeline module Run Details page.
Note that all data sharing in Trailmaker is controlled by the current data owner. Parse Biosciences team members are unable to transfer data ownership in Trailmaker.