Feature #17838
Updated by Ward Vandewege over 2 years ago
Arvados 2.2.0 (release notes: https://arvados.org/release-notes/2.2.0/) added the "Virtual projects" feature (https://doc.arvados.org/v2.2/api/projects.html).
Essentially, virtual projects are a special type of the "group" object with an embedded "filters" property. Virtual projects do not contain contents like other projects/groups, but instead their "contents" are defined by the result of a search query. This search query is described in the "filters" property, and is executed by controller (i.e. on the backend).
Workbench2 has an "advanced search" feature, accessible from the drop down menu at the right of the search bar (top of the screen).
Workbench2 has a "save this query" feature, where you can give queries an arbitrary name.
Now that "virtual projects" exist, the "save this query" feature could create a virtual project for the search query, rather than doing it the way it does now.