Using the Discovery Environment¶
Welcome to the user manual for the CyVerse Discovery Environment (DE). Here you’ll find all the how-to instructions for using the DE. To get you started, you may want to read through the introductory information in the Quick Links. Hints for how to use this manual are also on this page.
Main Icons¶
At the top right of every DE screen are the main icons:
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Lists status update notifications and information about data or analyses actions. |
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Links to setting preferences; viewing or editing the Collaborators list; viewing system messages, documentation, Introduction to DE, and release information; contacting CyVerse Support; and logging out of the DE. |
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Click to access the FAQs page or Ask CyVerse, and to submit feedback or contact Support. |
Open window icons¶
At the top right of each data, apps, or analyses window are icons to help you learn more about the DE, and manage the window’s size and display.
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Help: Click to open the FAQs page for the current window. |
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Layout: Resizes the window layout to half of the available available desktop space and positions it either to the left (Snap Left) or right side (Snap Right) of the window. |
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Minimize, Maximize, or close the active window. |
Open window tabs¶
The tabs that are displayed at the bottom of the Data, Apps, or Analyses screen are the apps, files, and windows that are currently open. Click a tab to quickly open the window.
Clikcing the Data desktop icon when multiple Data windows are open and minimized to a bottom tab opens the most recent window, cycling through each consecutive open Data window in the reverse order in which they were opened.
Layout (Snap Left or Snap Right), Minimize/Maximize, and Close window icons¶
At the top right of each data, apps, or analyses window are icons to help you learn more about the DE, and manage the window’s size and display.
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Help: Click to open the FAQs page for the current window. |
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Layout: Resizes the window layout to half of the available available desktop space and positions it either to the left (Snap Left) or right side (Snap Right) of the window. |
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Minimize, Maximize, or close the active window. |
Using DE Table of Contents¶
- Logging in and out of the Discovery Environment
- Using the Preferences Menu
- Opening the Preferences settings window
- Changing Preferences
- Adding and Deleting Users from the Collaborators List in Preferences
- Adding a user to your Collaborators list in Preferences
- Deleting a user from your Collaborators list in Preferences
- Using DE System Messages and Important Announcements
- Viewing system messages
- Viewing important announcements
- Viewing the User Manual and Introduction to the DE
- Viewing Information About the Discovery Environment
- Using the DE: Viewing and Deleting Notifications
- Providing Feedback and Getting help with the Discovery Environment
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- Send feedback: Tutorials@CyVerse.org
- Live chat/help: Click on the on the bottom-right of the page for questions on documentation