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VISUAL INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADDING FILES AND APPS

We've updated the visual interface of the CGC to make adding files and apps intuitive and convenient. For instance, you can browse and add apps from the Public Apps repository, all without leaving your project.

TOOL INPUT AND OUTPUT DOCUMENTATION

Our documentation on tool input ports and tool output ports are updated to cover additional features such as Load contents and Stage inputs. Check out our improved documentation on the Knowledge Center.

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Divya Sain
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OB.TREE.LOG FOR JOB EXECUTIONS

After each job execution, the CGC will generate a job.tree.log file. This file contains the structure of the working directory and can be useful in the debugging process. Learn more from our documentation.

SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN THE DATA BROWSER

When building queries in the Data Browser, take advantage of the new search functionality for each entity to quickly locate its associated properties

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BROWSE AND QUERY CCLE AND TCGA PROGRAMMATICALLY

We support browsing and querying the CCLE dataset programmatically on the CGC. Use the Datasets API to issue queries sent as API requests in JSON. Or, use the SPARQL query language to issue queries to the SPARQL endpoint: https://opensparql.sbgenomics.com/blazegraph/namespace/tcga_metadata_kb/sparql.

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TAG FILES VIA THE API

Previously, we introduced file tagging on the visual interface to facilitate finding and organizing your data. We’ve now added support for interacting with tags via the API.

DOCKERFILES DOCUMENTATION

We've improved our developer documentation to include instructions on how to create and use Dockerfiles, which enables users to efficiently build images containing the tools they want to wrap for use on the CGC.

SEVEN BRIDGES IS PARTICIPATING IN THE DREAM CHALLENGE

We’re launching the next ICGC-TCGA DREAM Somatic Mutation Calling - RNA Challenge (SMC-RNA) on the Cancer Genomics Cloud. The SMC-RNA DREAM Challenge is the latest in a series which develop crowdsourced methods to answer specific scientific questions.

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Divya Sain