General usage of cellular & molecular query feature

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User:

Biologist

User Scenario:

User wants to search for datasets with certain cell types, and navigates to the advanced query interface in HuBMAP. The user selects these cell types either by selecting available filters or typing their cell types. The user can refine these filters with a subset restrictor such as a set operation.
The user wants to view all gene sets related to these selected cell types, so chooses his output of “gene set”. This should result in an output of a list of record identifiers for genes that are expressed in the selected cell types. This list of outputs can be named and saved for future uses, or passed to an analysis operation on the Portal.
The user can save the set for future operations such as setting the inputs as a background distribution for calculation of a p-value so there is no need to create and save further refined sets. An alternative to this sequential set selection process is to allow multiple saved sets to be operated on without having to save intermediate sets.

User Needs/Wants:

• Ability to receive specific outputs based on selected inputs and desired output types.
• Ability to name and save outputs for future uses and/or pass outputs to an analysis step.
• Ability to save the set of outputs for further searches