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Overview
what PowerPortal is, how to log in, interface tour (navbar, tabs)
Submitting a Job
every field in the submit form explained (partition, account, QOS, resources, script, arrays, MPI)
My Jobs
the jobs table, job states, cancelling, output files, auto-refresh
Job Templates
saving a job as a template, using base templates, editing/deleting
Usage & Fair-Share
reading your fair-share score, what it means for scheduling
GUI Applications
JupyterHub, VS Code, RStudio via PowerIDE (links + brief description)
Account Settings
theme, your LDAP profile, changing your password
Getting Started with PowerPortal
PowerPortal is a web interface for the TAU HPC cluster. It lets you submit batch jobs to Slurm, monitor running and completed jobs, browse output files, and launch GUI applications — all without using the command line. What you can do Submit jobs — fill out a ...
Logging in to PowerPortal
PowerPortal uses your TAU university credentials — the same username and password you use for TAU email and other university systems. Steps Go to https://powerportal.tau.ac.il. Enter your TAU username (e.g. jsmith) and password. Click Sign in. Your session st...
Navigating the Interface
After logging in you land on the Jobs page. The navigation bar at the top is present on every page. Navigation bar Item What it does Jobs View your running and completed jobs. Staff can also see all jobs on the cluster. Submit Job Open the job submission form....
The Job Submission Form
The submit form is the main way to run jobs on the cluster. Open it from Submit Job in the navbar. Every field maps directly to an sbatch option — PowerPortal builds the submission for you. Required fields Field What it sets Job name A label for your job. Appe...
Writing Your Job Script
The job script is the shell code your job runs on the compute node. Paste it into the Script / Command field on the submission form — commands only, nothing else. What PowerPortal adds automatically The submit form shows two read-only lines above the editor: #...
Job Arrays
A job array runs the same script multiple times in parallel, each with a different index. Use it to process many inputs with identical resource requirements — for example, running the same analysis on 100 different samples. Setting up an array Enter the array ...
MPI Jobs
MPI jobs run a single program across multiple processes, potentially spanning several nodes. Use the Tasks and Tasks per node fields to configure the MPI layout. Fields to set Field sbatch equivalent When to use Nodes --nodes Number of nodes to allocate. Tasks...
Viewing and Filtering Jobs
The Jobs page shows all jobs associated with your account. Open it by clicking Jobs in the navbar. Tabs My Active Jobs — jobs submitted under your username, both active and recently completed. Cluster Queue — every job currently on the cluster, visible to staf...
Job States
Every Slurm job moves through a series of states from submission to completion. The current state is shown in the State column on the Jobs page. Common states State Meaning PENDING Waiting in the queue. The job has not started yet. See below for common reasons...
Cancelling a Job
You can cancel any of your jobs that are in PENDING or RUNNING state. Cancelling a running job stops it immediately — any output written so far is kept, but the job will not complete. How to cancel Go to the Jobs page. Click the job row to open the detail pane...
Viewing Job Output and Error Files
PowerPortal lets you browse your home directory and view job output files directly in the browser — no need to SSH into the cluster. Opening the output viewer Go to the Jobs page and click a job row to open the detail panel. Click View Output or View Error. Th...