Managing Data Curation | caNanoLab User's Guide | Using My Favorites

This chapter describes how to use My Workspace. Topics in this chapter include:

My Workspace

When you log in and click My Workspace, all of your saved samples, protocols, and publications and items that were shared with you (in green) are listed on one page. You can view, edit, and remove these items from the caNanoLab database. 

My Samples

You can review, edit, and delete a sample from My Workspace. 

1. Ensure that Samples is selected at the top of My Workspace and scroll down to My Samples.

2. Find the sample you want to review or change.

   The following table lists and describes My Samples information.

   Actions	This column provides access to View, Edit, or Delete a sample from the database. Click View and the Sample page opens. Click Edit and the Sample Update page opens. To share a sample, click Edit and see Sharing and Changing Access to a Sample for additional instructions. Click Delete and confirm the removal, and the sample is removed from the database.
   Name or Title	The name of the sample defined for the item in caNanoLab.
   Submission Status	Includes the following Pending:  The item was submitted for curator review. Public: A curator reviewed the item and approved it for release to the public. If you need to update the item after being released to the public, update the information and submit it for review again. In Draft: An item was submitted by the owner but not yet reviewed by the curator.   Retracted:  The item was deleted, the access was changed, or it is no longer publicly available.
   Created Date	The date on which the item was initially saved in caNanoLab.
   Access	Indicates the access defined for the current sample. Owner, Shared with:username, username is an item that you submitted. Owner is your user name. Shared with is the username following the comma and the user with which you shared the item. Shared by: username is an item that another user has shared with you, and the row appears in green. Shared by is your user name.

3. To return to the list of samples, click the Back (  ) button, not the Browser button.

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My Protocols

You can review, edit, and delete a protocol from the caNanoLab database. 

1. Ensure that Protocols is selected at the top of My Workspace and scroll down to My Protocols.

2. Find the protocol you want to review or change.

   The following table lists and describes My Protocols information.

   Actions	This column provides access to View, Edit, or Delete a protocol from the database. Click View and the Protocol page opens. If View is not in the Actions column, the protocol file is not available. Click Edit and the Protocol Update page opens. To share a protocol, click Edit and see Sharing and Changing Access to a Protocol for additional instructions. Click Delete and confirm the removal, and the protocol is removed from My Workspace and the caNanoLab database.
   Name or Title	The name of the protocol defined for the item in caNanoLab.
   Submission Status	Includes the following Pending:  The item was submitted for curator review. Public: A curator reviewed the item and approved it for release to the public. If you need to update the item after being released to the public, update the information and submit it for review again. In Draft: An item was submitted by the owner but not yet reviewed by the curator.   Retracted:  The item was deleted, the access was changed, or it is no longer publicly available.
   Created Date	The date on which the protocol was initially saved in caNanoLab.
   Access	Indicates the access defined for the current protocol. Owner, Shared with:username, username is an item that you submitted. Owner is your user name. Shared with is the username following the comma and the user with which you shared the item. Shared by: username is an item that another user has shared with you, and the row appears in green. Shared by is your user name.

3. To return to the list of protocols, click the Back (  ) button, not the Browser button.

My Publications

You can review, edit, and delete a publication from the caNanoLab database. 

1. Ensure that Publications is selected at the top of My Workspace and scroll down to My Publications.

2. Find the publication you want to review or change.

   The following table lists and describes My Publications information.

   Actions	This column provides access to View, Edit, or Delete a protocol from the database. Click View and the Publication page opens. If View is not in the Actions column, there is no associated publication PubMed ID at the PubMed.gov web site. Click Edit and the Publication Update page  opens. To share a publication, click Edit and see Sharing and Changing Access to a Publication for additional instructions. Click Delete and confirm the removal, and the protocol is removed from My Workspace and the caNanoLab database.
   Name or Title	The name of the protocol defined for the item in caNanoLab.
   Submission Status	Includes the following Pending:  The item was submitted for curator review. Public: A curator reviewed the item and approved it for release to the public. If you need to update the item after being released to the public, update the information and submit it for review again. In Draft: An item was submitted by the owner but not yet reviewed by the curator.   Retracted:  The item was deleted, the access was changed, or it is no longer publicly available.
   Created Date	The date on which the protocol was initially saved in caNanoLab.
   Access	Indicates the access defined for the current protocol. Owner, Shared with:username, username is an item that you submitted. Owner is your user name. Shared with is the username following the comma and the user with which you shared the item. Shared by: username is an item that another user has shared with you, and the row appears in green. Shared by is your user name.
   Publication ID	If available, click the link to display information at the PubMed.gov web site.

3. To return to the list of protocols, click the Back (  ) button, not the Browser button.

My Publications displays the following information. 

Managing Items in My Workspace

The following sections describe what actions you can perform on samples, protocols, and publications listed in My Workspace.

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Samples

The following table lists and describes the sample tasks you can perform from My Workspace.

Task	Procedure
View
Edit
Delete
Share	To share a sample, click Edit. Update Sample opens. See Sharing and Changing Access to a Sample for additional instructions.

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Protocols

The following table lists and describes the protocols tasks you can perform from My Workspace.

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Publications

The following table lists and describes the publications tasks you can perform from My Workspace.

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