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Running an Analysis

An analysis runs a pipeline against a sample's data and produces results — variants, reports, QC. You launch one from the Analyses page.

Before you start

  • You're in the right organization and project (topbar pickers).
  • The sample you want to analyse exists and has its data file uploaded — see Creating samples and Uploading data files.
  • You have a project Contributor or Admin role (Viewers can't launch analyses).

Launch a workflow

  1. Open Analyses from the left nav.
  2. Click Run Workflow in the top right.

Run Workflow page — Workflow and Sample dropdowns with a Launch Analysis button.

  1. Pick a Workflow — the dropdown lists every pipeline available in your project (secondary callers and tertiary reporters).
  2. Pick the Sample to run it against. Some workflows surface additional parameters once a workflow and sample are selected — fill those in.
  3. Click Launch Analysis.

You land on the new analysis's detail page in queued state.

While it runs

The analysis moves through queued → running → completed (or failed). Watch it from the Analyses list — use the In Progress, Completed, and Failed tabs to filter. Runs take anywhere from minutes to a few hours depending on the pipeline and input size.

Outputs are written to the project's storage bucket automatically; you never specify a bucket path yourself. See Project Storage & File Paths for where results land.

Next steps

  • Results — view, download, and sign off on a completed analysis.
  • Troubleshooting — what to do when an analysis fails.
  • Pipelines — what the secondary and tertiary workflows do.