Seqera Platform (formerly Tower)

Question 1

Launchpad

Answer 1

Panelcontaining a collection of available pipelines that can be run in a workspace. It allows viewing and selecting pre-configured pipelines for launch.

Question 2

Runs

Answer 2

Panel containing the collection of workflow executions within the organization workspace, for monitoring and inspection purposes.

Question 3

Pipeline

Answer 3

See: Nextflow Pipeline/Nextflow Workflow

Question 4

Workspace

Answer 4

The entityproviding the context in which a user operates, including what resources are available and who can access them. It’s composed of pipelines, compute environments, credentials, runs, actions, and datasets. Access permissions are controlled through participants, collaborators, and teams.

Question 5

Organisation

Answer 5

The top-level entity where businesses, institutions, and groups can collaborate. It can contain multiple workspaces.

Question 6

Compute Environments

Answer 6

Panel containing the collection of platforms where workflows are executed. Each compute environment is composed of access credentials, configuration settings, and storage options.

Question 7

Datasets

Answer 7

Panel containing a collection of files in CSV (comma-separated values) or TSV (tab-separated values) format, stored in a workspace. They are used as inputs to pipelines to simplify data management, minimize user data-input errors, and facilitate reproducible workflows.

Question 8

Data Explorer

Answer 8

Panel with functionality that enables browsing and interacting with remote data repositories from organization workspaces. It supports AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage repositories. Currently in public preview.

Question 9

Data Studios

Answer 9

Panel with functionality that enables exploring and analysing pipelines outputs from organization workspaces, leveraging popular interactive user interfaces such as Jupyter and RStudio. Currently in private beta.