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Manage Samples

In IRIDA Next samples are stored inside of a project

View Samples​

Prerequisite:

  • You must have access to the project either through membership, or through a namespace share

To view samples that the project contains:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples

Create Sample​

Prerequisites:

  • You must have access to the project either through membership, or through a namespace share
  • You must have at least a Maintainer role

To create a new sample in a project:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select New Sample
  5. Enter the name of the sample in the Name field
  6. Enter an optional description for the sample in the Description field
  7. Select Create sample

Update Sample​

Prerequisites:

  • You must have access to the project either through membership, or through a namespace share
  • You must have at least a Maintainer role

To update sample details:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select the sample
  5. Select Edit this sample
  6. Enter the name of the sample in the Name field
  7. Enter an optional description for the sample in the Description field
  8. Select Update sample

Transfer Samples​

Prerequisites:

  • If you have a Maintainer role, you can only transfer samples to other projects which share a common ancestor to the project from which you are transferring from.

Otherwise:

  • You must have access to the project from which you are transferring samples, and the project into which you are transferring either through membership, or through a namespace share
  • You must have at least an Owner role in the project you are transferring from
  • You must have at least a Maintainer role in the project you are transferring into

To transfer samples into another project:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select the checkboxes for the samples that you would like to transfer
  5. Select Transfer samples
  6. From the transfer samples pop-up, select the project to which you would like to transfer the samples to, and select Submit

Clone Samples​

Prerequisites:

  • You must have access to the project from which you are cloning samples, and the project into which you are cloning either through membership, or through a namespace share
  • You must have at least a Maintainer role in the project you are cloning from
  • You must have at least a Maintainer role in the project you are cloning into

To clone samples into another project:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select the checkboxes for the samples that you would like to clone
  5. Select Clone samples
  6. From the clone samples pop-up, select the project to which you would like to clone the samples to, and select Submit

Delete Sample​

Prerequisites:

  • You must have access to the project either through membership, or through a namespace share
  • You must have at least an Owner role

To remove a sample:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select the sample
  5. Select Remove

View Sample History​

Prerequisite:

  • You must have at least the Maintainer role for the sample's project.
  • You must be a direct or inherited member of the project's ancestry. Shared groups and their members cannot see the history.

To view a sample's history:

  1. From the left sidebar, select Projects
  2. Select the project
  3. From the left sidebar, select Samples
  4. Select the sample
  5. Click the History tab

A new sample version is created each time the sample's information is changed. Clicking a version within the sample's history will display what changes were made to the sample.