Use Cases


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Use Cases TOC

Work with the Database

User configuration information and experiment descriptions can be accessed and modified directly in the database, provided you have administrator privileges.

Warning!

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Care must be taken when modifying database items. Setting fields to incorrect values may corrupt the database or produce unpredictable results.

Access the database

For all of the common database operations, you must begin by logging in to the database interface:

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Torrent Suite Software administrator-level user access is required to m ake changes to the database.

  1. In the Torrent Browser, near the top right, click the Admin gear menu and click the Configure option:

  2. In the Admin Configure tab, scroll down to the D atabase A dministration section. C lick Admin Interface to access database administration functions:







  3. If you are prompted to log in, enter the administrator ( ionadmin ) Username and Password , and click Log In :



Common database operations

Change the Report Name

Realign Run to Different Reference Genome

Change the Run Date

Add or Change an Ion PGM™ or Ion Proton™ Instrument

In previous releases, changing a run's sample name was a database operation. Sample name changes are now supported in the Completed Runs and Report page, with the Edit option. See Work with Completed Runs (Change run metadata section) in the User Interface Guide.