# storage platforms add

## Synopsis

```shell
omics workbench storage platforms add PLATFORM_ID
  --name NAME
  --storage-id STORAGE_ID
  --platform PLATFORM
  --path PATH
```

## Description

Annotate a bucket with a sequencing platform, adding semantic meaning to the files that exist within it.

## Examples

Add a new platform to an existing storage account with platform data located at specified path.

```shell
omics workbench storage platforms add my-platform
  --name "My AWS Platform"
  --storage-id my-aws-account
  --platform PACBIO
  --path s3://my-platform-data
```

## Positional Arguments

### `PLATFORM_ID`

The user-defined ID of the platform to add.

## Flags

### `--name`=`NAME`

A human readable name for the platform.

### `--storage-id`=`STORAGE_ID`

The ID of the storage account associated with the platform.

### `--platform`=`PLATFORM`

The sequencing platform associated with the platform. Only `PACBIO` is supported at this time.

### `--path`=`PATH`

The path in the storage account where platform data is located.


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