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Manage the Public Visibility of a caArray Experiment

Topic: caArray Usage

Release: Up to caArray 2.x

Date entered:

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01/12/2010

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Introduction

By default,

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a

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newly

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created

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experiment

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is

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not

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visible

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to

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the

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public.

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In

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this

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entry,

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we

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will

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demonstrate

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how

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to

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make

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experiment

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lin-00014

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publicly

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visible

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and

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selectable.

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We

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will

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also

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show

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how

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to

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selectively

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display

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the

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data

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within

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the

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experiment.

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Step 1.

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Experiment

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is

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by

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default

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invisible

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to

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a

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public

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user

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When

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an

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experiment

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is

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newly

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created,

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it

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is

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not

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visible

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to

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the

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public

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by

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default,

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meaning

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a

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public

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user

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cannot

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see

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or

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find

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it.

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Public

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search

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result

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for

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a

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newly

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created

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experiment

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lin-00014

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screenshot illustrating textImage Added

Step 2. Manage the access permission of the experiment

Starting in caArray 2.3,

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the

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public

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accessibility

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of

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an

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experiment

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is

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managed

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via

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the

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Permissions

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option

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by

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the

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experiment's

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owner.

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To

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change

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public

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visibility

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of

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experiment

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lin-00014,

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log

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into

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caArray

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and

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click

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on

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the

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Permissions

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icon

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of

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experiment

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lin-00014,

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shown

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by

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the

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arrow

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in

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the

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illustration

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below.

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This

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will

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lead

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to

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Experiment

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Permissions

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page.

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Permissions

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icon

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of

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experiment
Screenshot showing Permissions icon of experimentImage Added

Step 3. Make the experiment to be public visible

Clicking the Edit Access Control button under The Public on the Experiment Permissions page (as shown on the left in the figure below) will bring up the options for Experiment Access window (as shown on the right in the figure below). Select the option Visible and save.

Experiment Permissions Page as Described in the Preceding Text
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A public user can now see the experiment title, description and organism for experiment lin-00014. This public user may contact the experiment owner, but the user will not be able to view annotation and datafiles associated with the experiment.

Publicly Visible Experiment Information
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Step 5. Make the experiment to be public accessible

To grant public access to your experiment data and annotation, go to Experiment Permissions, as in Step 2. Select "Read" from Experiment Access and save.

Experiment Permissions as Described in the Preceding Text
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Experiment lin-00014 is now publicly read-accessible. There are 12 samples associated with the experiment. A public user can click on URL link under Samples to view and download the data.

Publicly Visible Experiment Results
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Step 6. Make the experiment partially accessible by the public

Starting with caArray 2.3, the experiment owner can selectively publish experimental data. To do so, set the option of Experiment Access to be Read Select and click on Search to bring back all the datafiles in this experiment. You may limit results returned by adding searching criteria before initiating the Search.

Read-Select Experiment Access
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Select the datafiles you would like to share (arrow 1), assign the option Read (Arrow 2) and click on Save (Arrow 3).

Selecting Datafiles to Share
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A public user now has full access to these three datafiles in experiment lin-00014.

Publicly Accessible Datafiles
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