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h1. Question: Which files can be uploaded into caArray?

*Topic*: caArray Usage

*Release*: caArray Up to 2.2.0

*Date entered*: 03/26/2009

h2. Details about the Question

I have array design files, microarray data files, and experiment-related publications and protocols. Which files can be stored in caArray? Where and how can I upload them into caArray?

h2. Answer

As an information sharing tool, caArray can accept upload of many file types. The table below summarizes those file types, and where and how files are uploaded in caArray. Reference links are to the [caArray User's Guide|https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/LBo9Ag].

*Upload Files into caArray*
|| File Types || Validated?||File Destination || Uploading Step ||
| *Array Design File* 
(See [Importing an Array Design|https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/Nxo9Ag#6-CurationTools-ImportinganArrayDesign].) | *Y* | "Curation"
->"*Manage Array Design*" |  {noformat}"Manage Array Design" 
    -> "Import a New Array Design"{noformat} |
| *Files associated with samples*: 
* Array Annotation file: .idf, .sdrf
* Raw or Processed Array Data files 
(Any file type on the list under _"Change File Types"_) \\
(See [About File Types in caArray|https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/Oxo9Ag#7-SubmittingDatatoanExperiment-AboutFileTypesincaArray].)| *Y* | "Experiment Management" 
-> "Data" 
->"*Imported data*" | {noformat}"Experiment Management" 
 -> "Create/Propose Experiment" 
    or "My Experiment Workspace"
  -> "Data"
   -> "Manage Data" 
    -> "Upload New Data Files"
     ->Select Files
      ->Validate
       ->Import{noformat} |
| *Information Files Associated at Experiment level*
(See [Validating Data Files|https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/Oxo9Ag#7-SubmittingDatatoanExperiment-ValidatingDataFiles].)
* Word documents,
* Excel spreadsheets,
* Power Point files, PDFs 
*Images | *N* | "Experiment Management" 
->"Data" 
->"*Supplemental Files*" |  {noformat}"Experiment Management" 
 ->"Create/Propose Experiment" 
   or "My Experiment Workspace"
  -> "Data"
   -> "Manage Data" 
    -> "Upload New Data Files"
    -> Select Files
     -> "Add Supplemental Files"{noformat} |

h2. Have a comment?

Please leave your comments in the [caArray End User Forum|https://cabig-kc.nci.nih.gov/Molecular/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=577].

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