1. Overview
The bottom bar of the interface gives you quick access to essential information about your current project and ongoing operations. It contains three tools:
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Folder icon: opens the current project folder and file tree.
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Info bubble icon: opens the log panel, which records detailed messages about tasks and events.
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Gear icon: shows all processes, both running and completed.
Understanding how to use each part of this panel will make it easier to track analyses, troubleshoot problems, and manage your project data.
2. Project folder browser
Click the folder icon to open a file browser showing the contents of your active project directory. This view provides a direct look at all files and outputs generated by your analyses.
What you can do here:
- Inspect result databases (e.g.
.dbfiles) created by enrichment analyses or literature retrieval. - View or edit configuration files such as
config.json. - Check timestamps and sizes to track when results were produced.
- Quickly locate exported gene lists, enrichment results, or other outputs for downstream analysis.
3. Log panel
The speech bubble icon with an "i" opens the log viewer. This panel provides a chronological list of messages generated by the system as tasks start, progress, and complete.
What the log shows:
- Timestamps for each event.
- Task names and types (e.g., enrichment, retrieval).
- Status messages such as “started,” “finished,” or error descriptions.
- Details like how many genes were processed or how many articles were retrieved.
How to interpret it:
- Use it to confirm that a task completed successfully and verify its key parameters (e.g., number of genes, number of rows returned).
- Identify issues by reading error messages if a process did not finish as expected.
- Keep track of workflow history, especially useful when running multiple analyses.
4. Process monitor
The gear icon opens the process monitor, where you can track all tasks that are currently running or have recently finished. This includes enrichment analyses, literature retrieval jobs, and other background operations.
What you will see:
- A list of tasks with names and types (e.g., Enrichment Analysis, Article Retrieval).
- Progress bars indicating completion percentage for each task.
- Status labels (
Running,Done) once a process completes. - Buttons to clear finished tasks from the list to keep the panel tidy.
How to use it:
- Monitor long-running analyses in real time without leaving the main view.
- Verify that each step has finished successfully before moving on to the next one.
- Delete completed tasks from the list to focus on active ones.
5. Workflow tips
- Start by checking the log panel after running analyses to confirm that everything executed successfully.
- Use the process monitor to watch task progress and manage completed jobs.
- Explore the project folder frequently to see what files are generated and to retrieve results for external use.
- Clear finished tasks periodically to keep the process list organized.