After launching NovaCloud Services, two views become available. The first of these is NovaCloud Services, which is used to log in and launch a setup wizard for NovaFold, NovaFold Antibody, or NovaDock predictions. Once a prediction has been started, you can monitor its progress and download its eventual output from the Predictions view.

Note that some licenses allow predictions to be run in batches of five predictions at a time, with additional predictions placed in a queue. If you have a limited number of licenses, predictions will only be run until you run out of licenses. For example, if you have three licenses remaining and attempt to run five predictions, only the first three predictions will actually be run.


Description of columns in the Predictions view table:

Column Description
Job Name The name specified in the prediction wizard. Note that the same Job Name can be used for more than one prediction.
(Delete Job) To delete a job, press the trash can icon in its row.
Started The date and time the prediction began.
Elapsed The elapsed time of an in-progress prediction; or the time to completion, for finished jobs.
Status An icon showing the status of the run, followed by a link to open the finished prediction, if the prediction was successful. The status column may also include the calculated TM-Score and RMSD. The following table describes each status icon.

  • Queued – Submitted and placed into the queue
  • Running – Running on the NovaCloud
  • Done – Prediction complete; results available
  • Failed – Prediction failed
  • Stopped – Prediction stopped by user


Tasks that pertain to the Predictions view:

Task How to…
To open the results of one or more predictions Click on the link in the Status column.
To download the results of one or more predictions Right-click on the link in the Status column and choose Download from the context menu.
To delete a prediction In the Job Name column, select the row you want to delete and then press the trash can icon ().
To stop one or more predictions that are in progress Select one or more rows. Then right-click on any part of the selection and choose Stop. Once stopped, a prediction cannot be restarted from the Predictions view. You must instead initiate a new prediction.
To begin a new folding or docking prediction Click on the Start new prediction tool (), on the left of the header, and make a choice from the menu.



The corresponding wizard is launched, allowing you to set up the prediction.
To limit the contents of the table to a specific set of predictions Click Show all predictions, on the left of the header, and make a choice from the menu.

To manually sync to the NovaCloud Server Press the Refresh button ().The right side of the header displays the date and time the server was last contacted.
To access help for this view Click the Additional actions tool () on the right of the header, and choose Help Contents.
To go to your account on the DNASTAR website Click the Additional actions tool () on the right of the header, and choose My Account.
To log out from the NovaCloud Server Click the Additional actions tool () on the right of the header, and choose Log Out.
To change the layout of the view or what is displayed in it See Customize the look and layout.

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