Greg,

thanks for the explanation. I manage to upload a couple of huge datasets, etc. However, I faced an issue while trying to give access ("Role members can import this dataset into their history for analysis") to more than one user, I get the following error message:

At least 1 user must have every role associated with accessing dataset 'seq4588.fastq'. The roles you attempted to associate for access would make this dataset inaccessible by everyone, so access permissions were not set. All other permissions were updated for the dataset.

any suggestion? Am I missing something?

On the other hand, would it be possible to add/implement a button that facilitates the browsing over the libraries, datases, folders, etc by collapsing or expanding the tree in ONE click? Otherwise, users have to click many times on the small triangles to arrive to his/her dataset that is buried 10 levels deep in the tree...

thanks,
Erick


2009/7/16 Greg Von Kuster <ghv2@psu.edu>
Erick,

The current use for these config settings is fairly limited, and sort of a stop-gap measure ( fairly weak, but somewhat useful ) until we provide a more ideal solution ( currently in progress ).
The "library_import_dir" setting is for an admin user only, and it can point to a directory on the Galaxy server where files can be placed for uploading into a library.  It allows for uploading a complete directory of files instead of 1 file at a time ( or a sub-directory within the directory pointed to by the config setting ).

The "user_library_import_dir"setting is for non-admin users that have files ( e.g., a set of sequence runs ) that they want to upload to a library.  The Galaxy admin should create subdirectories within this directory ( pointed to by the config setting ) that are named the same as the non-admin user's Galaxy account ( email ).  The non-admin users can then ftp their files into their specified directory, and upload the directory of files into a library ( assuming the Galaxy admin has given them the "library add" privilege on the folder to which they are uploading ).

Greg


Erick Antezana wrote:
Greg,

 I managed to create and share some libraries. However, it was not that clear to me how the library_import_dir and user_library_import_dir should be used and what do they mean to the user interacting through the web interface.... Could you please comment a bit on it?

thanks,
Erick