4 title: "Workbench 2 migration"
7 Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
9 SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
12 Arvados is in the process of migrating from the classic web application, referred to as "Workbench 1", to a completely new web application, referred to as "Workbench 2".
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16 Workbench 2 is the new Workbench web application that will, over time, replace Workbench 1. Workbench 2 is being built based on user feedback, and it is approaching feature parity with Workbench 1. Workbench 2 has a modern look and feel and offers several advanced features and performance enhancements. Arvados clusters typically have both Workbench applications installed and have a dropdown menu option in the user menu to switch between versions.
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20 Workbench 2 is stable and recommended for general use, but still lacks some features available in the classic Workbench 1 application. When necessary, you can easily switch back:
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24 Some major improvements of Workbench 2 include:
28 * More responsive, only loads data needed for display
29 * More familiar user interface, modeled on the file explorer of MacOS and Windows.
30 * Advanced search capabilities
34 * Expanded informational columns
35 * Expanded filtering options
36 * Right side informational panel providing details about selected item without navigating away from the project
37 * Support for adding and querying user-supplied metadata properties on Projects
39 h2. Collection browsing
41 * Able to browse collections with millions of files
42 * Support for adding and querying user-supplied metadata properties on Collections
43 * Support for viewing past versions of a collection
45 h2. User and Group management
47 * Able to create user groups through the GUI
48 * Able to add/view/remove members of user groups, and what permissions are shared with the group
49 * Able to add/view/remove permissions shared with individual users