SRS Projects

   

Introducing Projects

   
  There are two types of project that can be used in SRS: temporary and permanent. These are described below.

Temporary Projects

   
  When you use a temporary project, your queries and views are stored in a temporary location. They may remain available for a time after you have finished working, but you should not rely on this. If you bookmark the page in your web browser, you should be able to return to the project until the System Administrator clears the files.

You should use a temporary project for:

  • Simple searches. For example, a temporary project is useful if you want to look something up quickly, or run an occasional BLAST search.
To find out more about running a temporary project see section 2.2 "Temporary Projects"

Permanent Projects

   
  Permanent projects are used within a permanent SRS user account. There may be one or more (up to 99) projects within any such account. All your queries and views are stored in a project or projects. The fact that the projects are part of a user account, means that they remain available for you to use in the future, whenever you choose to return to that user account. User accounts (and the permanent projects within them) can also be password protected, allowing you to restrict access.

You should work in a permanent project if any of the following apply:

  • You or a colleague will want to return to a project at a later time.
  • You want to be able to move your work from one project to another.
  • You want to keep a safe record of all your projects.
  • You want to recall any of your previous permanent or saved projects.
To find out more about running a permanent project see section 2.3 "Permanent Projects"

Starting a Project

   
  Whether you decide to use a temporary project or a permanent project, you will begin your project from the Start page (see Figure 2.1 ).

 
Figure 2.1 The Start page.

The Start page contains links that allow you to start a permanent project, do a quick search (if you have the relevant databanks installed on your installation) or access the online help files. You can also start a temporary project from here, simply by using the quick search options, or clicking on any of the tabs.

If you choose to start a permanent project, you can return to projects in an existing account or open a new account.

There are also links which allow you to:

  • Look up the SRS on-line documentation that is available on your server.
  • Contact your SRS Administrator.
The SRS on-line documentation consists of HTML and PDF versions of the available documentation. This includes this User Guide and online page by page SRS help (the SRS Online Guide) as well as documents designed to help SRS Administrators, e.g. the SRS Administrator's Guide, the Icarus Guide, Icarus Quick Reference - Classes & Commands, etc.