File Management
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The File Manager page allows you to browse and interact with the various storage locations associated with your account in a unified environment. On the left, you are given a list of all of the folders you can browse. These include your private user folder, project folders, and any shared folders you have access to. More about these folder types can be . Select one of the available folders to browse its contents.
The details page of projects, studies, and assays has a Files tab that allows you to browse and interact with the files & folders associated with the record. The interface is mostly the same as the File Manager, but the folder menu options also include a context menu that provide some additional options.
After selecting one of the available storage folders to browse from the menu, the contents of that folder will be loaded and displayed in the interface. There are a number of ways to interact with the interface to explore the folder contents.
Clicking on a folder name will move you into that folder and load its contents.
Clicking on a file link will open that link in a new window (if a public URL is available for the cloud storage system).
You can navigate backwards or upwards in the directory path using the controls at the top of the interface or by clicking on any of the folder names in the breadcrumbs.
You can search the current folder for items by name by using the Search bar. This will only match against file and folder names, not their contents.
You can use the pagination controls at the bottom of the interface to page through folders with a large amount of contents.
You can sort the table by name, size, or modification date.
A number of actions are available from the 'Actions' button in the File Manager interface or from the various context menus in the files table or folder menu.
Click the 'Actions' menu and select 'Create folder'. In the pop-up window, enter the name of the folder you wish to create and then click 'Create'. The interface will refresh to show the newly created folder.
Click the 'Actions' menu in the interface and select 'Upload...'. In the pop-up window, you can either drag-and-drop the files you wish to upload or click the 'Select files' button and choose them manually. Once selected, click 'Upload all' to send them to the target folder. The interface will refresh once complete to show the newly uploaded files.
Files can be downloaded directly from the file manager interface by clicking on the context menu of the file you wish to download and clicking 'Download'.
It is possible to link a folder so that it will show up in the Files tab of project, study, or assay details pages. Click on either the context menu for the folder you would like to link, or the Actions button in the File Manager (for linking the current folder), and select 'Add to...'. In the pop-up window, select the record type you would like to link the folder to, then search for the record.
It is important to note that linked folders will inherit the visibility of the linked record. If you link a private shared folder to a public project, everybody in the organization will be able to view the folder contents in the project details Files tab.
If you would like to remove a folder that has been attached to a project, study, or assay, navigate to the details page Files tab. In the folder menu on the left, click the '...' button to open the context menu for the folder. Select 'Remove' and then click 'Submit'.
The default storage folder for a project, study, or assay is the folder in which all new uploads & child folders will be created by default. You can change the default folder from the Files tab in the details page. Select the folder you'd like to make default from the menu on the lft and click the '...' to open the context menu. Click 'Make default'.
