Contents

Introduction
Getting Started
Resources and Support

Introduction

The Track Collection Builder (My Data > Track Collection Builder) is a tool that allows multiple tracks to be copied and grouped together into one composite track or "collection." A composite track can be thought of as a container for grouping a set of similar-type annotation tracks.

Quick video demo

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Supported Data Types

Only the following continuous-value graphing track types can be added to a collection:

Track Sources

Supported tracks from the following sources can be added to a single genome browser:

Getting Started

Step 1: Create a new collection

The "Collected Tracks" top right pane displays all created collections.

Step 2: Add tracks to a collection

The 'Available Tracks' top left pane displays all available graphing tracks that can be added to any collection.

Step 3: Browser viewing options

When viewing collections within the browser, the following viewing options are available:

Tip: Displaying collection names in the browser:

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Once a collection has been created and tracks have been added to it, click (upper right) to view the collection in the browser window. In the browser, mouse-over the gray vertical buttons at the left window frame to see the name of each collection.



Step 4: Configure collection

Step 5: Saving and sharing collections

Collections will be available 48 hours before expiring. You must save your session to preserve collections long-term and to allow sharing. Even after saving collections and their configurations in a session, it is still highly recommended to keep local back-ups of your session contents and any associated custom tracks.

Resources & Support