Working with Data Assets in a Capsule

Attaching Data Assets to a Capsule

Attaching a New Data Flow

The UI for attaching Data in the capsule IDE and the Cloud Workstation enables you to toggle between All and Attached Data in one window.

From the Attach/Detach Data page, metadata can be viewed without leaving the Cloud Workstation page.

To retrieve this information:

1. Hover over the data asset, which does not have to be attached

2. Click Data Details

While in the Cloud Workstation, the same Data information will display as it's displayed on the Data dashboard.

Attaching Data Assets to a Capsule

You can attach a data asset to one or more capsules to use in your computations. This means that the data won’t be copied back and forth to your Cloud Workstation, which reduces the capsule's size and speeds up the cloud workstation.

From the IDE

1. Go to the data folder and click Manage Datasets.

2. Click + Attach Data and pick the relevant data asset(s).

3. Click Attach Data.

4. The data is attached. It appears under the data folder. Click on it to see all the files.

From a Cloud Workstation (e.g., RStudio, Terminal, or Jupyter)

1. Click Manage Datasets from the title bar.

2. Click + Attach Data and pick the relevant data asset(s).

3. Click Attach Data. The data is attached.

You can display more information about datasets by clicking on Show more in the Attach Data form.

When attaching an external dataset, the following points should be considered:

1. To link to an external dataset, you need to add the secret to the capsule for accessing AWS S3. Check out Accessing a Secret in a capsule for more information.

2. Due to AWS S3 behavior, it takes time to reach files.

Removing a Data Asset from a Capsule

From the IDE

1. Go to the data folder and click Manage Datasets.

2. Click Remove.

From a Cloud Workstation (e.g., RStudio, Terminal, or Jupyter)

1. Click Tools > Manage Data from the title bar.

2. Click X next to the data asset.

Renaming the Mounting Point (Folder)

After you have attached a dataset to your capsule, you can change the name of the mounting point (that is, the folder name) in the Code Ocean IDE.

1. Hover over the attached dataset under the /data folder.

2. Click on the down arrow.

3. Select Rename.