Creating Content

##Creating new objects In OLF users can create new objects, e.g. enter their data. This can for instance genes, vector clones (called vector combinations) and cell-line recombinants (called CellLineData). When you click on create you are usually presented with a form like this:

After creating an object you get the "show" view of the new object where you can interact with the entered data. You can find and "view" objects via full text search (at the top-right corner), via project tree (left side) or via the list views:

In the "show" view you can manipulate data by clicking on the respective values. You can add the content to projects or remove them. You can delete an entire object, but only if it is not linked to other data in the database. Example: If a vector combination has been inserted into a cell-line recombinant, then you can only delete the cell-line recombinant (CellLineData) after deleting the vector combination first. This guarantees that existing data is not invalidated. We chose to disallow cascading deletes because they pose a risk for deleting data involuntarily.

You can access related data via tabs at the bottom of the "show" view.