For new projects, a sample table can be automatically created from a tab-delimited text file even before any files are imported.  In the A valid text file must contain at least one column that has unique entries (to be used as Sample IDs) and may have additional columns with sample information such as experimental attributes.

In a Data Tab where no samples have been defined imported yet (Figure 1), click the Assign sample attributes from a file button (Figure 1). 

Navigate to the file using the browser as showin shown in in Figure 2.  The text file may be located in the Partek^®  Flow^® server, My computer, or from a URL.  However, some functionalities such as importing files based on the sample table (as described later in this section) are currently only available if the text file is in the Partek Flow Server. Click on the  Click on the box next to the text file that you want to use and click click Next.The behavior of the next step depends on the information contained in the selected text file.

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Creating a Sample Table without Data Import

Text files that contain only sample information and attributes such as the one shown below are useful to create a blank table with no files associated.

TABLE

 A valid text file must contain at least one column that has unique entries.  During  The text file may be located in either the Partek Flow server, My computer, or from a URL (Figure 2).

 TABLE

During import, Partek Flow will look for columns that contain unique entries and suggest those that could possibly be used as Sample NamesIDs. In the example below, the columsn for "Sample IDname" and "Freezer Location" are unique and you can select one as the sample ID. Note that there can only be one column to be assigned as sample IDs. 

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You can also unselect the columsn you do not wish to import

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Numeric can be imported as smaple attributes

 

You can rename the header.

Click import and the table will be created

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Each row is now a sample but is not associate with any file. Click Show data files to expand the table and associate files. For more details see the relevant section here.

Creating a Sample Table with Data Import

The text file must include the file names

A feature of creating the sample ability to combine this step with data import ... the additional feature of importing samples during table creation (described below) are currently only available if the text file is in the Partek Flow Server. 

 can only be at the same time as creating the sample table) can only be performed if

 a sample table that also includes the locations of filenames can only be  based on the sample table (as described later in this section) 

The text file must be in the server or a folder that is readable by the partek flow server.

-> useful if some files are within subdirectories

-> useful if ther  the text file contains filenames

A valid text file:

TABLE TEXT FILE NO PATH

 useful if there are many files for one sample

• No path

• Relative path

• Absolute path

 ,  You can add as many columns as you want on the right 

Relative to the text file

Absolute path

FIGURE NAVIGATION SHOW THAT THE DATA IS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTORY AND the directory structure starts with /home/directory....

TABLE ABSOLUTE PATH

you must write the path this way

For a short video of using a text file, please see. the