Activity/Provenance

See the current available tutorial

Provenance is a concept describing the origin of something. In Synapse, it is used to describe the connections between the workflow steps used to create a particular file or set of results. Data analysis often involves multiple steps to go from a raw data file to a finished analysis. Synapse’s provenance tools allow users to keep track of each step involved in an analysis and share those steps with other users.

The model Synapse uses for provenance is based on the W3C provenance spec where items are derived from an activity which has components that were used and components that were executed. Think of the used items as input files and executed items as software or code. Both used and executed items can reside in Synapse or in URLs such as a link to a GitHub commit or a link to a specific version of a software tool.

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Tutorial Purpose

In this tutorial you will:

1. Add a new Activity to your File
2. Add a new Activity to a specific version of your File
3. Print stored activities on your File
4. Delete an activity

Prerequisites

• In order to follow this tutorial you will need to have a Project created with at least one File with multiple Versions.