Tripal MegaSearch v1.4.0 Released

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Short Description

The Main Lab Bioinformatics team is  happy to announce the release of Tripal MegaSearch v1.4.0 https://gitlab.com/mainlabwsu/tripal_megasearch/

Longer Description

Release Note:

 

Tripal MegaSearch v1.4.0 contains bug fixes and new features, including:

 

1. Extra fields/filters on static forms

   - Updated static forms with extra fields/filters for Marker/Map/QTL/Pub/Gene Search

2. New search

   - Added Ortholog/Paralog Search

3. Subset download

   - Allowed downloading subset of results by selecting row(s) from the table. Can be turned on/off with the 'checkbox_filter' setting in the MView definition conf file.

4. MView stats

   - Displayed MView statistics and dates on MegaSearch landing page (See screenshot in the README)

5. Sequence retrieval tool

   - Added Sequence Retrieval Tool for inclusion of flanking sequences in the Download for Gene/Marker Search. (Enabled from the Admin interface, screenshot in the README)

6. Direct URL for search

   - Added direct URL link for individual search. For example, path '/tripal_megasearch?datatype=tripal_megasearch_gene' leads directly to the MegaSearch Gene Search

7. Short static forms

   - Through Chado Search settings (under the User Interface section, i.e. /admin/mainlab/chado_search/settings), configure fieldsets to open/close like an accordion which make the static forms shorter and more succinct

8. Performance optimization

   - drush commands for managing MView indexes and partitioning tables (See the 'Performance' section in the README)

9. UI refresh for Ajax calls

   - Updated UI theme when AJAX calls are made

10. Maintenance message   - For long maintenance operations such as populating a big MView, allowed displaying a maintenance message if 'maintenance' = TRUE is set in the MView definition conf file.