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CatalogPublish v1

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CatalogPublish dialog.

Summary

Allows the user to publish datafiles or workspaces to the information catalog.

Properties

Name Direction Type Default Description
FileName Input string   The file to publish.
InputWorkspace Input Workspace   The workspace to publish.
NameInCatalog Input string   The name to give to the file being saved. The file name or workspace name is used by default. This can only contain alphanumerics, underscores or periods.
InvestigationNumber Input string   The investigation number where the published file will be saved to.
DataFileDescription Input string   A short description of the datafile you are publishing to the catalog.
Session Input string   The session information of the catalog to use.

Description

This algorithm allows a user (who is logged into a catalog) to publish datafiles or workspaces to investigations of which they are an investigator.Datafiles and workspaces that are published are automatically made private. This means only investigators of that investigation can view them.

Note: the catalog publish dialog is disabled if you are not an investigator on any investigations. This prevents attempts to publish to investigations of which you do not have access, which would result in an error.

Parameters Note

  • A file or workspace can be published, but not both at the same time.
  • When uploading a workspace, it is saved to the default save directory as a nexus file. The history of of the workspace is generated and saved into a Python script, which is also uploaded alongside the datafile of the workspace.

Usage

Example - publish a datafile directly to the archives.

CAUTION: This usage example will only work if you are an investigator on the given investigation.

# To ensure the datafile is published to the correct catalog,
# store the session returned when logging in for use later.
session = CatalogLogin(USERNAME,PASSWORD)

# Publish a datafile to the archives.
CatalogPublish(
    # The location of the datafile to publish to the archives.
    FileName="~Desktop/exampleFile.nxs",
    # The investigation to publish the datafile to. This could be obtained
    # dynamically from CatalogSearch().
    InvestigationNumber = 1193002,
    # The description to save to the datafile in the archives.
    DataFileDescription = "This datafile demonstrates the use of workflow N",
    # Used to ensure the file is published to the correct catalog.
    # This is required if you are logged into more than one catalog.
    Session = session.getPropertyValue("Session")
)

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | DataHandling\Catalog

Source

C++ source: CatalogPublish.cpp (last modified: 2019-06-04)

C++ header: CatalogPublish.h (last modified: 2018-10-05)