Anaconda Projects

Anaconda’s cloud storage solution provides you with greater access to your files across your workspace. By securely uploading your CSVs, notebook files, code snippets, and more to projects in Anaconda’s cloud storage, you can access them from any machine with Excel and internet access.

What are projects?

You can think of projects as folders for storing your data files, which allow you to:

• Access your stored .csv files or code snippets from either Anaconda Notebooks or Excel
• Keep related .csv and .ipynb files organized
• Execute bulk actions, such as uploading, downloading, and deleting files

For example, you can create a .csv file in Excel, upload it to Anaconda’s cloud storage, then pull that .csv data directly into a notebook in Anaconda Notebooks!

Creating a project

Create a project using the following steps:

1. Open Anaconda Toolbox.

2. Click New.

3. Select New Project.

4. Enter a unique title for your project.

5. Select a runtime for your project from the Environment Location dropdown.

6. Upload files to your project, or transfer files already saved in Anaconda’s cloud storage.

   You can upload any file type to your project, but the best options are .csv and .ipynb files under 100MB.

7. Click Create Project. Your project appears under Manage Projects.

Save your new project and files by pushing your project to Anaconda’s cloud storage.

Uploading files to a project

Add files to a project using the following steps:

1. Open Anaconda Toolbox.

2. Under Projects, click Manage Projects.

3. Click actions beside the project, then click Upload.

   

4. Upload files to your project, or transfer files already saved in Anaconda’s cloud storage.

5. Click Upload to Project.

The file(s) appear in the project.

Sharing a project

You can share projects you own with other users in your organizations or with your entire organization.

Sharing with other users

To share projects with other users in your organizations, follow these steps:

1. Under Projects, click Manage Projects.

2. Click actions beside the project you want to share, then click Share.

3. In the Invite dialog, select your organization from the dropdown under Organization access.

   Sharing projects with other users is only possible through a shared organization. To share with someone who is not a member of your organization, create a new organization for that user to join by clicking Create new organization beneath the organizations dropdown.

4. Under Share with individuals in your org, enter the email of the user(s) you want to share the project with, select their permission level, then click Invite.

5. Select Only invited users.

6. Click Update Permissions.

The user(s) then receive an email notifying them of the update to their permission level on your project and a link to Anaconda Notebooks.

Permissions

Access to projects and the actions you can perform in them are determined by your permission level for the project. By default, you as the owner of your project have admin permissions; for projects owned by an organization, the admins of that organization have admin permissions for that project.

Permission level	Actions
Reader	View, download
Writer	View, download, edit, upload
Admin	View, download, edit, upload, share, delete

Creating a new notebook

Begin creating a new notebook from either the home page or directly in a project from Manage Projects:

Homepage

1. Click New.
2. Select New Notebook.
3. Enter a unique name for your notebook and select a project to store your notebook in.

4. Click Create Notebook. Your new notebook opens.

5. Select the runtime for your notebook in the Assign a Runtime dialog, then click Assign.

   To always use the same runtime and prevent the dialog from appearing when creating a notebook, select the checkbox beside Always start the preferred runtime.

   To remove a project’s preferred runtime, open an associated notebook, click the runtime in the top-right corner, and clear Always start the preferred runtime. Alternatively, go to Settings, select Settings Editor, select Notebook from the left sidebar, and clear Automatically Start Preferred Kernel.

You can now begin working in your new notebook.

Syncing projects to Anaconda’s cloud storage

While it’s best practice to save your work as you go, an extra step is required to ensure your project files are securely uploaded to the cloud for easy retrieval and use on other machines and software.

Save a project to Anaconda’s cloud storage by clicking Save project to the cloud beside the project title.

Sync your local projects with those stored on Anaconda’s cloud storage by clicking Refresh Project beside the project title.

Refreshing your project(s) will synchronize your local files with those stored on Anaconda’s cloud storage, overwriting your local project files. Make sure to save your projects to the cloud before refreshing to avoid losing any progress.

Refresh all projects at once by clicking Projects.