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• You can define multiple samples and attributes even before data has been imported, and therefore you can:
  • customize the name of your samples (and not use the automatic sample names generated based on file names)
  • import sample sheets as defined by the instrument that generated your data
• You can simultaneously create the sample table and import data, which allows you to:
  • combine several files into one sample
  • import data located in multiple subdirectories

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Description of the Text File

The text file must be created outside of Partek^® Flow^® (you can use software such as Partek^® Genomics Suite^®, Microsoft^® Excel^® or any text editor). A valid text file is a tab-delimited text file that contains one sample per row and columns containing sample information. At least one column must have unique entries and will be suggested as Sample IDs. Additional columns may contain numeric or categorical attributes and (optional) filenames. Examples of text files are shown in Figures 3, X, Y, Z.

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