The Web Services Preferences Dialog Box
Jalview includes a range of web services clients for data retrieval and analysis. The Web Services menu found in each alignment window provides access to some of these services, and is configured via the web services preference dialog box, available from the Preferences panel from the Tools→Preferences... menu from the Jalview Desktop window's menu bar.
Configuring the list of JABAWS servers
The
main area of the panel shows the list of JABAWS
servers that Jalview is currently aware of. The list includes a colour coded status:
green indicates that all services are available for a given server,
amber signifies that one or more services on the server are not fully
functional, and red highlights servers that could not be contacted or
are not functional for some other reason.
A server's URL may be added, edited by double clicking on it, or deleted by selecting it and using the buttons below. After adding or editing a server's URL, you will be asked if you wish to test the server. If you wish to do so, then first ensure you can view the new server's test report, which will be output on Jalview's standard console output (you can open Jalview's built in console viewer via the Tools→Java Console menu option).
Controlling the layout of the Web Services Menu
The range of services that Jalview is able to access depends upon your
requirements, and local computational resources. However, when a large
number of resources are available, then the entries and sub menus in the
web services menu can quickly become unwieldly. The
options in the lower part of the dialog box enable you to control the
display of each type of analysis service client in the web services
menu. In addition, indexing options are provided that enable you to
define the layout of the menus provided for JABAWS services by sorting
them into submenus according to analysis type and/or host server.
The web services preferences panel was added in Jalview 2.6, and server status indications added in Jalview 2.8.
Web Services Invalid
URL warnings
Jalview may inform you of any problems contacting the web services by
showing a dialog box like the one below:
The web services warnings dialog box was added in Jalview 2.6.1