The DataFlow project is proud to announce new release candidates for the DataStage and DataBank software, which are nearly feature-complete.

You can download the software as a virtual machine or as debian-packaged files from the DataStage downloads and DataBank downloads pages on our website.  We are working on video walkthroughs for installation and use – we will post these to our home page as soon as they are ready.  In the meantime, we recommend reading our Information for test users page.

This JISC MRD email thread may be a good starting point for a DataFlow self-help/therapy group: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=JISCMRD;bb48933e.1205

Please let us know how you get on!

There are four ways to do this:
1)    Use the issue tracker to flag up problems or suggest features (instructions here)
2)    See (and contribute to) the DataStage and DataBank documentation wikis
3)    Monitor (and contribute to) the project email list ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , history here)
4)    Email us directly ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you’re not sure what to do

If you would like to try the system without installing it (or get your system to talk to "tame" DataStage/DataBank instances), there are two demo machines kept updated with the latest stable code.  They are suitable for test purposes, but are not meant for real data: they are fully open to the public and routinely wiped.

DataStage Demo: http://dataflow-vm1.oerc.ox.ac.uk/

credentials for login/working with files:
Username: TestLeader   /   TestMember  /   TestCollaborator
Password:  leader           /   member        /   collab

DataBank Demo: http://databank-vm1.oerc.ox.ac.uk/

credentials for login/making submissions:
Username: admin
Password: test