Creating a pushQ Entry

This page is for documenting the process of creating/updating a pushQ entry. For the entire hand-off of a Track from Developers to QAers, see the redmine wiki page here.

After you have finished creating a track and it is ready for QA, you should add an entry to the qapushq table on hgwbeta. There is a CGI for this.

Add a track to the pushQ only if everything is ready. This includes:

• All tables have been built.
• TrackDb has been edited (including search stanzas). If this is an update to an existing track, you may need to use release tags.
• Make alpha on hgwdev in src/hg/makeDb/trackDb directory.
• All underlying files are complete and in the correct location (usually /gbdb/).
• All associated downloads files have been created and are in the correct location (usually /usr/local/apache/htdocs-hgdownload/goldenPath/), and accompanying README.txt and md5sum.txt files are present.
• html text for details page is complete (see also description pages and citation formats) and is in highest logical level for the assembly. If this is an update to an existing track, you may need to make the updated details page visible on alpha while the original page is visible on beta and public. This can be achieved with release tags and an html qualifier in the alpha stanza.
• All tables have been added to the makeDb/schema/all.joiner file.
• Data contributor (if any) has approved of the track display.

Editing the pushQ entry:

PRIORITY: Leave this set to A.

IMPORTANCE: Leave set to Unprioritized.

NEW TRACK?: If this same track exists on this or another assembly, or this is an addition to an existing track, leave this set to N. If this is a brand new track set this to Y. If this isn't a track at all, set this to X.

TRACK: Put an identifier for the track here. This is often the shortLabel.

RELEASE LOG: Generally you should put the track shortLabel followed by comments in parentheses, if any (e.g. UCSC Genes (data update)). No need to enter the database name. This text will appear in the Release Log.

RELEASE LOG URL If you would like the Release Log entry for this track to link to the track description page, then enter a relative link to it here, e.g.:

../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg18&g=wgEncodeBuOrchid

DATABASES: List the database(s) where your table(s) are located (e.g. hg19, hgFixed).

TABLES: List all tables that should be pushed. Don't forget to include extFile and seq if your track uses them.

CGIs: Leave this blank in favor of completing it in the corresponding redmine issue.

FILES: List all files that should be pushed. Don't forget to include:

• gbdb files
• download files

SIZE: Press the Show Sizes button. All tables and files should be found without errors (if they are not, you probably have entered a path incorrectly or have a typo in the lists). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Set Size as ..." link.

CURRENT LOCATION: Set to hgwdev.

MAKEDOC VERIFIED: Leave this set to N.

ONLINE HELP: This is generally an unused field.

INDEX VERIFIED: Leave this set to N.

ALL.JOINER VERIFIED: Leave this set to N.

STATUS: Leave blank.

FEATUREBITS: Leave blank.

SPONSOR (LOCAL): Enter your first name, or your username, in lower-case letters. Whatever name you decide to use, be consistent among tracks.

REVIEWER: Leave blank.

EXTERNAL SOURCE: Leave this blank in favor of completing it in the corresponding redmine issue.

OPEN ISSUES: Generally leave blank. Put any known issues with the track in the corresponding redmine issue.

NOTES: Enter the number of the corresponding redmine issue. Put notes to QAers in a note in the redmine issue.