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The EPI2ME portal provides access to a variety of information about real-time analysis of nanopore sequencing data.
Users can navigate to the EPI2ME portal from https://epi2me.nanoporetech.com to manage profile information, account details, and access their analysis reports and datasets.
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A list of the current workflows is available under the Workflows tab.
The Quick view button shows the workflow version and some basic details.
Clicking Learn more ... opens up a detailed description of the workflow, with links to an example report, example datasets, citations and Nanopore Community release notes.
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New releases of the Desktop and CLI Agents are available on the Software page:
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Datasets can be managed and analysed in the Datasets tab.
There are three types of datasets:
- Source: the raw data uploaded to EPI2ME. Every time you upload files to EPI2ME for analysis, a Source dataset will be created.
- Output: files/sequences/metadata produced during each discrete step of an analysis. For example, there will be a separate dataset created for the barcoding step, and another one for e.g. metagenomic classification.
- Reference: a special type of output produced by the FASTA Reference Upload workflow that can be used as reference sequence database for custom alignment analysis.
All datasets are temporarily available to view from the Analysis page while the analysis is running. After the analysis is complete, you have the option of saving the dataset to the EPI2ME cloud indefinitely. Only datasets that are stored in EPI2ME can be viewed in the Dataset dashboard. Storage of datasets in EPI2ME is optional and free, but may incur extra costs in future.
Datasets not stored in EPI2ME will be deleted from the platform (whichever is first):
- Within 24 hours of the analysis being stopped
- In line with our data retention policy for analyses that are left to run indefinitely (see https://metrichor.com/ig.html#dataretention)
Clicking Go to dataset opens a more detailed view and allows dataset management:
- Sharing the dataset with other EPI2ME users
- Storing the dataset in the cloud
- Reusing the dataset for a new analysis in EPI2ME
- Deleting the dataset
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Clicking on the avatar presents several options for account management.
The Profile tab shows the user's details and the API keys.
Account details allows you to view the full list of people associated with an account, and to enable or disable sharing of analysis reports and datasets between participants.
Ask the Community takes you to the Nanopore Community, where you can ask questions and get support with your sequencing experiments.
Operating region allows you to switch between different operating regions.