You may choose to create a Study (o²S²PARC project) from scratch or based on an existing Template. To create an empty Study with no Services inside, navigate to the Studies tab of the Dashboard and click on the Empty Study button, which will take you directly to the Study Workspace of your new Study.
You may also create the Study from an existing Template, navigate to the Templates tab of the Dashboard and click on an existing card. This will create a copy of the Template Study which will from this point on, be accessible from the Studies tab of the Dashboard. This Study will be private unless you decide to share it an any changes you make to the resulting Study will not affect the Template you have copied from.
You may choose to create a Study from an existing one by creating a copy of it. To create a copy of a Study go to the Studies tab of the Dashboard, click on the More options (3-dots) button on the Study card and select Duplicate.
If the study is small (it contains few MB of data) the copy will take few seconds, while it might take longer for larger Studies. In those cases, you will be informed about the progress (see animation below). The copying process works similar to Publishing a Study as a Template.
Note: copying is limited to Studies that are smaller than 100 GiB. Please contact us if you cannot reduce the size and you need to copy a large Study.
When you go to the o²S²PARC Dashboard, click on the Services tab and then open a new Service, a new Study will be created that contains that Service. Once you close the Study, it will appear on your Studies tab in the Dashboard.