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Taverna Workbench 2.1 RC 1
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See
http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?requestId=10136
for details about issues fixed for Taverna Workbench 2.1 release candidate 1.
Changes since 2.1 beta 2
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General user interface
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Keyboard shortcuts: There are now keyboard shortcuts for many of the
common workflow editing and running tasks.
Recent workflows: Taverna now remembers your recently edited workflows
and you can easily open them.
Notification of updates: Users are now notified when updates to
Taverna or to a plugin are available.
Editing of workflows
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Importation of workflows: You now have the ability to merge a workflow
into a currently edited workflow.
Animated diagram: The diagram can now be made animated so it is easier
to see what changes are being made.
Diagram problems: The workflow diagram will no longer throw exceptions
and refuse to display some workflows.
Iteration strategy: The iteration strategy of services in Taverna 1
workflows is now interpreted correctly within Taverna.
Customized looping: Customized loop conditions are now displayed and
saved correctly.
Copy/cut/paste: You can copy/cut and then paste services. This allows
you to copy services from one workflow to another or within the same
workflow.
Services
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Support for security: secured WSDL services can now be called using
security validated via a credential manager.
Updated R support: the R service now allows connections to an Rserve
for the latest R (up to 2.10).
New spreadsheet service: you can import Excel or csv spreadsheets and
feed the content into your workflow.
Biomoby services: The BioMoby objects are now shown in the normal
service panel and can be added to the workflow just as other services.
Running of workflows
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Improved run dialog: The dialog for entering run values now copes with
complex trees of values.
Saving and reusing values: You can now save and reuse the input values
for a workflow run. You can save the output values from a run and
could use them as inputs for other workflow runs.
Output value display: Output values are displayed using the correct
renderers. You are now warned if a value is large and could cause
problems for Taverna.
Output value tree: The tree of output values should now be correct.
It no longer misses some of the generated data.
Runs: You can now access the data associated with previous runs. The
provenance and data from a run can be deleted.
Workflow completion: Taverna now correctly detects when a workflow run
has finished.
Provenance and data management: The provenance is now kept in the same
database as the values.
Improved performance: Workflow execution in 2.1 RC 1 is faster than
that in 2.1 beta 2.
myExperiment perspective
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Users can now
- browse workflows on myExperiment
- open a workflow from myExperiment in Taverna
- merge a workflow from myExperiment into the current workflow
- upload a workflow from Taverna to myExperiment
- download a workflow from myExperiment
