Jupyter Lab Tips

Start jupyter lab in the right directory

When you type jupyter lab ... to start a jupyter server, the current directory is used as the root of the graphical directory tree you see in the browser. You can still navigate to other directories, but it's awkward if you want to go above this root directory.

For this reason it might be better to start the server either in your $HOME or the root of your /data space, wherever you prefer to work.