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More details can be found in the Data Mover Reference.
Using the Data Mover
When you have Received a shareable link
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More details can be found on:
- Manually install/configure the Data Mover
- Updating the Data Mover (the GUI has an update button when new versions are available).
- Starting the Data Mover
- What happens when data pre-exist (on download or upload).
- The Command Line Interface of the Data Mover
Making shareable links
Data Mover shareable links can be made in two different ways:
- As part of the instrument upload workflow: a download link is automatically created and emailed to the end user to access their data.
- With Mediaflux Explorer
- You can create a shareable link that you can send to another user to invite them to either download or upload data
- Start the Mediaflux Explorer tool and log in as usual
- Select a folder from the navigator pane on the left, right click, and select Create Download Share or Create Upload Share
- Fill in the details including the email address of a recipient
- For more information, see the video on this topic (Sharing and Receiving data)
- Details of Explorer/Data Mover process can be found in the Data Mover Reference
- You can create a shareable link that you can send to another user to invite them to either download or upload data
Note:
- If you create a download link, only the data that exists at the time you made the link will be downloadable. Anything you add after will not be delivered by a pre-existing link.
- Mediaflux Explorer also has a menu item (Shares->Manage Shares) with which you can manage your shareable links (e.g. destroy old shareables).
- The Mediaflux Explorer also has a Create Download link option in the right-click menu. This creates an older style URL (link) which when clicked, downloads the data as a zip file through your web browser. This is slower, uses more storage and is not as robust as using Data Mover. However, it is simpler (the recipient doesn't need to install extra software). This method is suitable for small datasets.
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Data Mover has a configuration file (settings.xml) which controls some behaviours e.g. default download location. For instrument uploads, it holds the shareable token that tells the Data Mover where to upload the data in Mediaflux so that this doesn't have to be entered each time. You can read about the details of the configuration file on this page.