> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://guide.cryosparc.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://guide.cryosparc.com/application-guide/inspecting-job-data.md). # Inspecting Job Data ## Selecting Jobs The sidebar automatically displays information pertaining to the selected jobs. Click to select a job, use the arrow keys to navigate between jobs, and press `command` + `click` to add or remove jobs from your selection.

Selecting a single job displays its details in the sidebar’s “Details” panel. You can press Spacebar, click “View Job,” or click the job ID/type in the header of the card.

## Job Info Tags Almost all jobs include summary information presented in the card, table, and tree views. These summaries are called info tags. For example, the *Blob Picker* job card displays key information in tags anchored around the preview images, including the configured minimum and maximum diameters, the number of micrographs processed, the number of particles picked, and the average number of particles picked per micrograph:
The combination of job preview images, info tags, and additional metadata displayed in the job card footer makes it easier to distinguish between multiple runs of the same job type with different parameters and results. ## Job Dialog You can inspect a job to view much more information about it, including an interactive dashboard, a real-time log of events, and interactive utilities. To inspect a job, select it and press Spacebar, click the “View Job” button in the sidebar, or click the job ID and type in the header of the job card.

Inspecting a completed 2D Classification job presents the Event Log tab for quick inspection of the latest events.

The job preview dialog opens above the current page and can be dismissed at any time by pressing Spacebar or the Escape key, or by clicking the “X” button.

You can close the job inspection dialog by clicking the “X” button in the top-right corner of the dialog or by pressing the Spacebar or Escape key.

At the top of the job inspection dialog is a breadcrumb element depicting the job hierarchy. Clicking a project or workspace navigates to that page. Clicking the job navigates to the workspace page and scrolls to that job. Alongside the breadcrumbs, you can star the job and view its elapsed time.
The bottom of the dialog contains a footer with helpful information, such as the processing node on which the job was queued, the number of GPUs allocated, and any custom parameters that were set:

The job dialog footer contains metadata with additional details that are visible when hovered over.

The job inspection dialog comprises various tabs that provide more detail about the processing history and results of the job. To the right of the dialog’s main content area is a collapsible sidebar that lists all output groups produced by the job. From this sidebar, you can drag and drop output groups into the job builder or download results.
{% hint style="info" %} Close the sidebar using the top-right button or `command` + `/` to expand the visible area of the job inspection dialog. {% endhint %} ### Dashboard The job dashboard is a new view introduced in CryoSPARC v5.0. It is the default tab when opening the job dialog and includes a concise overview of key job statistics, errors and warnings, all chart images created by the job sorted by general relevance, and a collapsible panel that shows the most recent text events output by the job.
#### Info Cards Info cards are located at the top of the panel. They include all of the data available in the [info tags](#job-info-tags) that appear on the job card, as well as as some extended information. Values in the info cards can be clicked to copy them to the clipboard.
#### Errors and Warnings Errors and warnings are embedded directly in the dashboard and organized together so that this information can be surfaced quickly.
Errors and warnings populate the module in descending order and can be copied to the clipboard by clicking the “Copy” button in the top-right corner of the message. The button becomes visible when hovering over the message. #### Charts The Charts section contains all of the chart images that have been output by the job. These are the same images available in the job’s event log, ordered by relevance, and set to the most recent iteration by default.
#### Expanding and Collapsing Charts Charts are contained in collapsible sections corresponding to their “chart type” (e.g., Real Space Slices, 2D Classes, etc.). Charts are sorted by general relevance, with the least relevant charts at the bottom and collapsed by default. The expanded or collapsed state of charts can be controlled in several ways: * A chart can be expanded or collapsed by clicking its individual section header. * All charts can be expanded at once by clicking the “Expand All Charts” toggle button (arrows pointing away from a dotted line) in the Charts section header. * All charts can be collapsed at once by using the “Collapse All Charts” toggle button (arrows pointing toward a dotted line) in the Charts section header. This can be helpful when trying to find a specific chart type in a job that outputs many charts. * Charts can be reset to their default expanded or collapsed state by using the “Reset” button in the Charts section header. #### **Iterating Charts** Charts are set to the most recent available iteration by default, where applicable for jobs that output multiple iterations of the same chart type as they progress. By moving the slider, you can scan through iterations to see how the job progressed or is currently progressing. Two iteration sliders are available in the view: * The **global iteration slider** is available in the Charts section header. This slider progresses through all available iterations across all charts. * Many charts do not output new images on every iteration because the changes are not significant enough to warrant it. If a chart does not have an image for the iteration specified by the global slider, it continues to display the chart image from the last available iteration and shows a small orange “unlinked” icon in its header to indicate that the chart image iteration does not match the slider’s current iteration. * The **local iteration slider** is available in the header of a specific chart. This slider controls the iteration for that chart only. #### Chart Lightbox The chart lightbox allows a chart image to be expanded to full size and viewed in isolation. Open the lightbox by clicking any chart image on the dashboard. The lightbox can be closed by clicking outside the main area on the darkened backdrop, clicking the red “X” button in the top-right corner of the content area, or pressing the `escape` key.
The lightbox includes a several features to help you navigate between chart images quickly and efficiently: * The **Chart Type Switcher** is the second button group on the left side of the header. It has a central button that displays the chart type (e.g., Real Space Slices, FSC, etc.). This button opens a menu containing all chart types generated by the job, allowing you to switch the lightbox to any chart type you wish to view. The arrow buttons on either side iterate incrementally through all available chart types. Both actions reset the iteration and index when switching between chart types. * Chart types can also be switched by holding down the `command` key and pressing either the `leftarrow` or `rightarrow` key. * The **Chart Switcher** is located in the bottom-left corner of the lightbox. It includes navigation arrows for iterating between charts, an input for manually setting the chart index, and a button that indicates the total number of charts available for the chart type. Clicking this button selects and switches to the final chart of that type. * Charts can also be switched by pressing either the `leftarrow` or `rightarrow` key. The chart’s iteration can be controlled using the slider located on the right side of the lightbox header, if applicable. This slider operates in the same way as the **local iteration slider** and updates the current iteration for the specific chart being viewed. The lightbox also includes a click-to-copy title for the current job image directly below the header and a click-to-copy timestamp in the bottom-left corner of the footer representing when the chart was created by the job. The download module in the centre of the footer includes buttons for downloading any of the available file types for the current chart. When a chart type contains multiple iterations, a GIF download option is presented. #### Interactive Charts Interactive event charts are embedded directly into the job dashboard when available. These charts allow for deeper exploration of generated output data through rich interactive features. Interactive charts are contained in a collapsible “Interactive” section. Each chart is contained in its own named section, which can also be collapsed. Above the chart is a control bar containing all relevant filters and chart settings. Below the chart is a footer containing timing information and a module for downloading event data files (e.g., a PNG of the event image). {% hint style="info" %} Interactive charts are currently available only for 3D Variability Display jobs. {% endhint %}
#### Event Log Jobs create events at various points in their lifecycle. These events indicate the job’s progress and the operations it is performing. All of these events can be viewed in the job’s event log. The event log is built into the job dialog dashboard as an expandable panel pinned to the bottom or right side of the view. The event log contains all events output by the job in a scrollable list and includes a variety of filters and navigation options to help you locate relevant events quickly.
**Header** The header has three buttons on the right side: the fullscreen toggle, orientation toggle, and expand/collapse toggle.
* **Fullscreen Toggle:** This toggle allows you to enter or exit fullscreen mode. When enabled, the event log overlays the entire dashboard and occupies all available space. You cannot resize or reorient the log until fullscreen mode is disabled. * **Orientation Toggle:** This toggle allows you to switch the orientation of the log from landscape mode, which pins the log to the bottom of the view, to portrait mode, which pins the log to the right side of the view. * **Expand/Collapse Toggle:** This toggle allows you to hide or show the event log panel. Collapsing the log hides all events and the filter bar, leaving only the header visible. Expanding it restores the panel to its previous size. **Filter Bar** The filter bar includes various options for navigating and filtering the log. * **Show from top:** This button jumps to the very top of the event log. * **Follow latest:** This button jumps to the very bottom of the event log. * **Checkpoints:** Many jobs that create a large number of events add checkpoints to the log for easier navigation. This selection input allows you to select a checkpoint in the log and automatically scroll to it. As you scroll and navigate, the selected checkpoint also updates automatically to show the checkpoint closest to your current location in the log. * **Filter types:** Display only events of a certain type, such as text or images. * **Filter flags:** Display only events with a certain job-dependent flag, such as central slices or FSC curves. * **Search:** Enter a full or partial text match and iterate through the results, jumping instantly to any event with matching text.
* **Download event log:** The left-hand button allows you to download a PDF of the entire event log, while the right-hand button opens an options menu that includes the option to download the full job report. * **View Options:** This button opens a submenu with options for showing or hiding additional metadata for each event: * **Show Timestamps:** Display a timestamp indicating when the event was logged. * **Show CPU Memory Usage:** Display the CPU memory usage of the processing node. * **Show CPU Memory Available:** Display the CPU memory available on the processing node. **Log** The main area of the event log panel contains the stream of text and image events. The log is updated in real time as the job progresses and generates events. These events display a wide variety of information about the operation of the job being inspected and are divided into several event types: * **Errors:** These events generally appear when a job has failed or data cannot be loaded or processed. They provide context and information explaining why the failure occurred. * **Warnings:** These events are surfaced when a job encounters an issue that is not critical. The event text explains the cause of the issue that triggered the warning. * **Images:** These events are generally represented as charts that visually explain the progress and results of a job as it processes data. * **Text:** These events make up the bulk of the event log and can represent anything from file paths to progress bars. Text events surface information related to the job’s progress and processing results and keep you up to date on where the job is in its lifecycle. **Additional Features** The log also includes features that integrate it with the dashboard and help you parse the various events and information within it. * **Targeting:** All errors, warnings, and charts on the dashboard include a target button in the top-right corner that becomes visible when hovering. Clicking this button navigates to the corresponding event in the event log. * **Lightbox:** Clicking an image in the event log opens the dashboard lightbox dialog. Here, you can view the full-size image and use dashboard chart features such as stepping through different images of the same chart type. The log can also be resized to your preferred dimensions. Hover over the top edge when the log is in the bottom orientation, or over the left edge when it is in the right orientation, to reveal a blue drag handle. Click and drag this handle to resize the log. ### Interactive The Interactive tab is visible only when running an interactive job that is in “waiting” status. Please refer to the [Interactive Jobs guide](/application-guide/interactive-jobs.md) to learn more. ### Inputs and Parameters In addition to the details sidebar, this tab displays all inputs and parameters that were configured. Select “Show slots” to view the low-level slots contained within each input group. Parameters are marked as either default (grey/blue) or custom (green). Advanced parameters are denoted with an “A.” You can toggle between displaying only custom parameters or all parameters.
### Outputs In addition to the output groups sidebar panel, the Outputs tab displays a comprehensive overview of all output groups and individual outputs created by a job. Please refer to the [Job Builder Tutorial](https://guide.cryosparc.com/processing-data/tutorials-and-case-studies/job-builder-tutorial) to learn more about how you can take advantage of the low-level results generated by CryoSPARC.
### Volumes This tab is only visible when a job outputs one or more volumes. {% content-ref url="/pages/XLr8t8SF3v8F5akqcKzf" %} [Volume Viewer](/application-guide/volume-viewer.md) {% endcontent-ref %} ### Metadata Useful for archiving or debugging, the Metadata tab contains all job data stored in the database. You can search for specific fields using the search bar. The path to the job logs on disk is also listed and can be clicked to copy it.
In addition to the job data, you can view the job’s text log by clicking the “Log” sub-tab:
## Related Jobs When a job is selected or inspected, the sidebar details panel lists an overview of other jobs connected to it through parent or child relationships, as well as jobs from which it was cloned. Hovering over each job displays a tooltip containing an overview of that job, including its configured parameters. Clicking a related job opens it for inspection. To open the related job in a new tab, click it while pressing the Command key on macOS or the Control key on Windows or Linux.

Viewing a selection of related jobs connected to a Homogeneous Refinement

Each related job will display key information about its configuration and outputs

## Comparing Jobs The comparison view is designed to enable side-by-side analysis of multiple jobs so that you can compare and contrast their settings and results. It allows you to view differing parameters aligned between jobs, inspect job chart output images to observe how job progression diverged during processing, and download outputs from multiple jobs with a single click.
#### Opening the Comparison View The comparison view can be opened by selecting multiple jobs (`command` + `click` ) and then either clicking the “Compare” button at the bottom of the multi-select sidebar, or simply pressing the `spacebar`. #### Header The header includes all essential identifying information for each job, and is pinned to the top of the dialog to keep it visible while scrolling down to different sections.
This section contains the job’s unique ID, its job type, a button to star the job, and the job’s title (if applicable): * The **job ID** has a dual function as a button that can be clicked to navigate to that specific job’s dialog. Using the web browser’s “back” button will navigate back to the comparison view. * The **star button** allows the job to be starred directly from the comparison view, it will turn yellow when the job is starred. * The **job title** field will be automatically shown if any job in the comparison has a title, and hidden if no jobs in the comparison have a title. The field can be manually shown or hidden by clicking the toggle button on the far right side of the Summary section header below the title. Clicking the title will convert it into an editable field, clicking away from it will save the title and switch out of the editing mode. #### Summary The summary section includes the job’s cover image, info tags, and description.
Located on the far right of the summary section header are toggle buttons to show/hide the title and/or description as well as a button to download all relevant outputs from each job in the view. * The **Download Job Outputs** button opens a sub-menu where the type of outputs that you would like to download can be checked or unchecked to add them to the download. The download can be made as individual files which will be downloaded sequentially, or a single zip. We recommend using the individual option generally, as the zip option can consume a significant amount of memory for large files, which can cause the browser to lock up or crash in some cases. * The **job description** field will be automatically shown if any job in the comparison has a description, and hidden if no jobs in the comparison have a description. The field can be manually shown or hidden by clicking the toggle button on the far right side of the Summary section header. Clicking the description will convert it into an editor, and clicking the red “X” button in the top right corner of the editor will switch out of editing mode. #### Parameters
The parameters section allows for comparing and contrasting the differing parameters between jobs in the comparison view. The default setting is to show all parameters that are different between jobs (where at least one job has a custom value for that parameter) and to show all advanced parameters. Each parameter is sorted and aligned in a grid with rows that stretch across all job columns. Custom parameters are shown in green with a corresponding “C” icon. An “A” icon is displayed if the parameter is advanced, and a “D” icon will be shown if it has a default value. The Parameters header includes a button group where each button is a toggle used to hide or show sections for different, custom, and/or default parameters. A separate toggle button for “advanced” controls whether advanced parameters are shown or hidden across all parameter sections. #### Charts The charts section contains all of the chart images that have been output by each job. These are the same images available in the job’s event log, ordered by relevance, and set to the most recent iteration by default.
#### **Expanding and Collapsing Charts** Charts exist in collapsable sections that correspond to their “chart type” (eg. Real Space Slices, 2D Classes, etc). Charts are sorted by general relevance with the least relevant charts sorted to the bottom and collapsed by default. The expanded/collapsed state for charts can be controlled in a few ways. * A chart can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on its individual section header, this will expand or collapse the entire row of charts for each jobs. * All charts can be expanded at once by clicking the “Expand All Charts” toggle button (arrows pointing away from a dotted line) on the Charts section header. * All charts can be collapsed at once by using the “Collapse All Charts” toggle button (arrows pointing towards a dotted line) on the Charts section header. This can be helpful when trying to find a specific chart type in a job that outputs many charts. * Charts can be reset to their default expanded/collapsed state by using the “Reset” button on the Charts section header. * All charts can also be expanded or collapsed by holding down the `command` key and clicking the header of an individual chart type. #### **Iterating Charts** Charts are set to the most recent iteration available by default (if applicable, for jobs that output multiple iterations of the same chart type as they progress). This can be controlled using the provided iteration sliders to dynamically switch between iterations. By moving the slider, iterations can be scanned to see how the job progressed or is currently progressing. There are two iteration sliders available in the view: * The **global iteration slider** is available on the Charts section header. This slider will progress through all available iterations across all charts for all jobs in the comparison view. * Many charts do not output new images on each iteration as the changes are not significant enough to warrant it. If a chart does not have an image for the iteration specified in the global slider, it will continue to display the chart image for the last available iteration and will show a small indigo “unlinked” icon in its header to indicate that the chart image iteration does not match the slider’s current iteration. * The **local iteration slider** is available in the header of each individual job column and controls the iteration of all of the charts for that job. * If any of the charts do not have a chart image for the specified iteration, a violet “unlinked” icon will appear in its header to indicate that the current chart iteration does not match the local iteration slider’s current iteration. #### Chart Lightbox The chart lightbox allows a chart image to be expanded to its full size and viewed in isolation. Open the lightbox by simply clicking on any chart image in the comparison view. The lightbox can be closed by clicking outside of the main area on the darkened backdrop, clicking the red “X” button in the top right corner of the content area, or pressing the `escape` key.
The lightbox includes a number of features to help you navigate between chart images quickly and efficiently: * The **Job Switcher** is a button group located in the top leftmost position of the lightbox header. It has a central button that displays the job’s project ID and job ID. When clicked the button opens a menu that allows you to select any job in the comparison view and jump to it. The arrow keys on either side will iterate incrementally through each job in the comparison view. Both of these actions will retain the chart type and index that is currently selected (if applicable) between jobs. * Jobs can also be switched between by holding down the `shift` key and pressing either the `leftarrow` or `rightarrow` keys to navigate. * The **Chart Type Switcher** is the second button group on the left side of the header. It has a central button which displays the chart type (eg. Real Space Slices, FSC, etc). This button opens a menu containing all chart types the job generates, allowing you to switch the lightbox to any chart type you wish to view. The arrow keys on either side will iterate incrementally through all available chart types. Both of these actions will reset the iteration and index between chart types. * Chart types can also be switched between by holding down the `command` key and pressing either the `leftarrow` or `rightarrow` keys to navigate. * The **Chart Switcher** is located in the bottom left corner of the lightbox. It includes navigation arrows to iterate between charts, an input to manually set the chart index, and a button that indicates the number of total charts available for the chart type (clicking this button selects and switches to the final chart of that type). * Charts can be also be switched between by pressing either the `leftarrow` or `rightarrow` keys to navigate. The chart’s iteration can be controlled using the slider located on the right side of the lightbox header (if applicable). This slider operates the same way as the **local iteration slider**, and will update the current iteration for all charts in the job. The lightbox also includes a click to copy title for the current job image directly below the header, and a click to copy timestamp representing when the chart was created by the job in the bottom left corner in the footer. The download module in the centre of the footer includes buttons that can be clicked to download any of the available file types for the current chart.