Terra has a number of features to ensure the security of sensitive data accessed through the platform. Many of these features are in place automatically, while tools like authorization domains give you greater control over your data. These articles contain an overview of the security features enabled on Terra: Article: Authorization Domain overview for BioData Catalyst users Article: Managing data privacy and access with Authorization Domains Article: Best Practices for accessing external resources Article: Terra security posture
Workspaces are the fundamental building blocks of Terra. You can think of them as modular digital laboratories that enable you to organize and access your data in a number of ways for analysis.
To learn about the basics of operating a Terra workspace, we recommend these resources: Article: Working with workspaces Video: Introduction to using workspaces in Terra
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Terra workspaces include a dedicated workspace Google bucket, as well as a built-in data model for managing your data. We provide articles in Terra’s knowledge base explaining how to organize and access data in a variety of ways.
A key to understanding the power of Terra is understanding it’s built-in data model, which allows you to rewire the inputs and outputs of your workflows and Jupyter notebooks.
The following resources give you guided instructions using cloud-based data with Terra: Article: Managing data with table VIdeo: Introduction to Terra data tables Article: Uploading to a workspace Google bucket Article: How to import metadata to a workspace data table Video: Making and uploading data tables to Terra
Sharing a workspace allows collaborators to actively work together in the same project workspace. Workspaces can be used as repositories of data, workflows, and Jupyter notebooks. Learn more about how to securely share a workspace: Article: How to share a workspace Article: Reader, writer or owner? Workspace access controls, explained Article: Using permissions Video: Introduction to Collaboration and Sharing in Terra