Your custom tracks are managed using the pop-up control panel, accessed through the 'Manage your data' button under the left-hand menu.
You can add a track from any species-specific page, but it will only be displayed on suitable Location views, such as 'Region in Detail'.
Use either chromosome or (finished) BAC clone coordinates in custom data sets.
You can display uploaded and/or attached user data on the karyotype, or the chromosome diagram.
Note: for large data sets, your display options will automatically be limited to density plots rather than individual feature points.
Click on a link for documentation on a format and its supported options.
Uploaded data is saved temporarily to our filesystem and accessed via cookie, so you can only view it from the browser in which you uploaded it. For longer-term access to your data, you can save the track to our database server, but this requires an Ensembl user account. Once logged in, you will see a 'Save' link next to your track - click on this and the track will be transferred to the database and can be accessed on any computer where you are logged into Ensembl.
Remote data is not saved to the database. Only the URL or source name is saved to your user account, to allow you to access the file easily from any location, without having to reattach it.
The track will remain on your display while you navigate around the genome. To hide the track, choose the "no display" option (empty box) for that track in the Configure this page menu.
To remove the data set, click the Manage your data link at the left of Location. Click Manage data at the left of the window. The tracks you have currently uploaded and/or attached will be listed. Click delete next to any you wish to remove.
Although your data source is allocated a unique ID and any management operations on saved data (e. g. deleting) require a password, this is only trivial security. Data uploads are made on an open, non-secure network connection. If your data is sensitive you should not upload it but contact Ensembl for more information.
While we undertake everything to not make uploaded data available to any person other than the originator we DO NOT provide any assurance whatsoever concerning data security and/or privacy.
If you are concerned about data privacy you should consider setting up your own secure DAS server.