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  1. Building Workflows

Native Workflows

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What is a Workflow?

  • The individual apps can be easily combined into pipelines, which are on the DNAnexus platform referenced as workflows.

  • These apps are linked together by dependencies and can hand off their outputs to other apps as they complete.

  • Apps in a workflow will always begin executing as soon as their inputs are satisfied and if possible they will run independently.

  • Workflows can be created by clicking on the Add button and selecting the New Workflow.

This is what it will look like once you select "New Workflow"

Running and Monitoring a Workflow

Set Up and Running the Workflow

  • Add the apps that you want for the workflow and order them where the dependencies are generated first

  • After that, add in the necessary requirements. They are featured below:

  • Select Start Analysis

  • You will have a "pre-flight" check to make sure everything that is needed is there. Once that is complete, select Start Analysis again and it will start to run.

Monitoring a Workflow

  • You will be redirected once you have started the analysis.

  • The monitor has panels to show what is running, how long it took to complete, and the order they were done in.

  • You can view the information in order to see the details of the workflow.

Supplemental Information

Building a Workflow in the GUI

Monitoring An App/ Workflow

Resources

To create a support ticket if there are technical issues:

  1. Go to the Help header (same section where Projects and Tools are) inside the platform

  2. Select "Contact Support"

  3. Fill in the Subject and Message to submit a support ticket.

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