# Running Apps in the UI

**Set Up**

* Once you have selected the app you want to use and read the documentation (if applicable), you will use the guided setup to run the app in the UI.
* Set the Output folder
* Set the inputs. In the example of FASTQC, it is one FASTQ file
* Launch the app using the start analysis button in the upper right

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* You will have a review step. This is to review the content as well as add additional parameters such as a spending limit.

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**Monitor An App**

* You will automatically be redirected to the monitor page

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* When the job is completed, you will have buttons to access the inputs (such as a FASTQ file) and outputs (such as an HTML file).
* Here is the view when the app is completed:

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## Supplemental Information

**Using Apps in the GUI**

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**Batch Processing in the GUI**

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/-OlGwUCa6do?si=YhxEc4Pg30uVP0_Q>" %}

**Monitoring An App/ Workflow**

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/ktviv5HZjVg>" %}

## Resources

[User Interface QuickStart Guide](https://documentation.dnanexus.com/getting-started/ui-quickstart)

[Tool Library List](https://documentation.dnanexus.com/user/running-apps-and-workflows/tools-list)

[Full Documentation](https://documentation.dnanexus.com/)

To create a support ticket if there are technical issues:

1. Go to the Help header (same section where Projects and Tools are) inside the platform
2. Select "Contact Support"
3. Fill in the Subject and Message to submit a support ticket.