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Question: Which columns are required for an Illumina csv datafile and caArray?

Topic: caArray Usage

Release: caArray 2.0 and above

Date entered: 05/28/2011

Details about the Question

What are the columns that are required for an Illumina csv datafile? There are many columns in an Illumina csv data file. Which ones are required by caArray?

Answer

Required Fields

Probe_ID/ID_REF

AVG_Signal (prefixed with "<hygridixation_name>" or suffixed with "-<hybridization_name>")

Detection/DetectionPVal/Detection Pval (prefixed with "<hygridixation_name>" or suffixed with "-<hybridization_name>")

If the array design for Illumina data is other than BGX/TXT format

Required Fields

TargetID

ProbeId

AVG_Signal (prefixed with "<hygridixation_name>" or suffixed with "-<hybridization_name>")

Detection/DetectionPVal/Detection Pval (prefixed with "<hygridixation_name>" or suffixed with "-<hybridization_name>")

Optional fields

Fields

MIN_Signal

MAX_Signal

NARRAYS

ARRAY_STDEV

BEAD_STDEV

Avg_NBEADS

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