zone_list¶
Zone support information
Synopsis¶
zone_list
Arguments:
ds: dataset name
zone: optional zone name
Return value:
Description¶
The request affects only workspaces and is a joined form of two different requests:
It returns the complete list of available zones (descriptors are in short forms)
If zone is defined, it returns the complete information about this zone
Zones are secondary mechanism for filtering variants in viewing regime. Each zone represents list of values (variants) for some property of variant records. The user can select subset of this list, and view only variant records with selected values of properties.
Zone Tag supports special functionality that can be useful for the user. Tagging mechanism is not well accurate, so the user can not use tags for accurate filtration. However the user can restrict list of variants by tags - using zone mechanism.
Comment¶
Name of a zone is some string with internal technical meaning. It is hidden for user: do not use it for rendering.