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Depending on the project need, portals can be driven dynamically from Views or statically from Tables. When choosing consider:
Files are only available to bulk download through Views. (Bulk download feature not exposed in the web UI in Tables).
There is potentially a performance hit in Views (in dispute; has not been fully tested) if there are varying access permissions across the set of files and many facets.
External content that the portal renders within the site must be hyperlinked "https". Links out can be http or https.
Removing facets can improve performance (maybe?). If you set a facet in a Table or View, it will be displayed in the portal.
Sharing settings on Tables
Make Public - Anyone on the web, Can View. To surface Tables in the portal that are in project with restricted sharing settings,
All Tables must be explicitly allowed anonymous access by governance and someone on the leadership team. This is required any time the schema changes or values are addedin order to be visible to anyone on the web (without logging in to Synapse). Follow these steps, with authorization from the portal PI or department head, to whitelist the Table.
A change to ACL could disrupt visibility although, whitelist status is still maintained in the back-end.
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