How to Start, Launch, and Stop a BC-workspace
You must Start, Launch, and login to your BC-workspace before you can perform tasks within it. Once done, you must Stop your BC-workspace to avoid "activity" charges. The entire process of Starting, Launching, and logging into a BC-workspace takes about 8 minutes.
Note
When a BC-workspace is started by a shared-user the owner is notified by email since they are responsible for its operation.
Start and Launch a BC-workspace
To proceed, follow the steps below.
- Navigate the path Explore>Tools>WORKSPACE to the icon of the BC-workspace you wish to start.
- Click the three-dot menu in the bottom right-hand corner. The Workspace options menu appears.
- Select Start Workspace. The Start Workspace confirmation window appears.
Click Start Workspace. The Status field on the icon changes to "Starting."
Note
You will receive an email informing you that your BC-workspace has started. This can take a few minutes. There is no need for you to remain on the browser tab with your BRAINCommons session while your BC-workspace is starting.
- Once the Status field indicates "Started," click Launch Workspace, located at the bottom of the Workspace icon.
Your BC-workspace login credentials are displayed.
Click Launch Workspace. A new browser tab opens and a countdown timer is displayed.
Important!
If a browser tab fails to open, make sure that pop-ups are not blocked.
- Enter your login credentials and click OK. Jupyter Notebooks and RStudio are available once you login.
Note
You can return to the browser tab and your BC session, copy your credentials and then paste them into this login prompt.
End a BC-workspace Session
After completing your BC-workspace activities you must logout of the session.
Complete the step below.
- Locate and click the down arrow on the top right-hand side of the screen. The End session option is displayed.
- Click End session. A message is displayed confirming that your session has ended.
Note
At this point you have ended your BC-workspace session, however, you must still stop your BC-workspace.
- Return to the browser tab with your BRAINCommons session.
Stop a BC-workspace
WARNING!
A "started" BC-workspace incurs "activity" costs even when it is not in use. You must stop your BC-workspace to avoid activity charges (however, there are ongoing "storage" charges). If you leave your BC-workspace idle you will receive notifications and eventually your BC-workspace is automatically stopped.
WARNING!
A "started" BC-workspace incurs "activity" costs even when it is not in use. You must stop your BC-workspace to avoid activity charges (however, there are ongoing "storage" charges). If you leave your BC-workspace idle you will receive notifications and eventually your BC-workspace is automatically stopped.
To proceed follow the steps below.
- Click the three-dot menu and select Stop Workspace from the Workspace options menu. The Stop Workspace confirmation appears.
- Click Stop Workspace.
You will receive an email once your BC-workspace has stopped, and the Status field changes to "Stopped" as shown below.
Note
If you are stopping a shared BC-workspace and there are other active users within the BC-workspace, then the confirmation message will display those users. You can confer with the active users before stopping.
