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release=2.4.0 |
entrydate=April 20, 2011 |
topic=Installation and Upgrade |
Qtext=Datafile is imported, but it is not downloadable. Why? |
Additionally, when I go to the "Annotations"/"Samples" tab, I can only download files for 3 of the samples - the rest of them display a message when clicked: "There was no data associated with the sample you requested".
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The import process is the last step of data uploading in caArray, which allows the array data to be stored in the database. During the importing process, caArray associates the data with the appropriate biomaterial and hybridization annotation by creating an annotation chain of source > sample > extract > labeled extract > hybridization. The array data can be downloaded only if the data were associated properly.
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Import MAGE-TAB set
If a MAGE-TAB set (IDF and SDRF) is imported along with the data files, where the SDRF file refers to each of the data files, caArray will use the information provided in SDRF to determine how to create sources, samples, extracts, labeled extracts and hybridizations.
Import Only the datafile
If only data files (for example, .cel, .chp, etc.) are imported, caArray offers three options to associate the data and annotation (Figure 1):
Option 1. Autocreate annotation sets ... for each selected file
For every unique file name to be imported, caArray automatically creates a Source - Sample - Extract - Labeled Extract - Hybridization chain corresponding to each data file imported.
Option 2. Autocreate a single annotation set ... for all selected files
caArray creates a single Source - Sample - Extract - Labeled Extract - Hybridization chain, and associates all selected data files with this single chain.
Option 3. Associate selected file(s) to existing biomaterial or hybridization
caArray displays all available sources, samples, extracts, labeled extracts and hybridizations. User select one of these, caArray associated the selected files with that biomaterial or hybridization. Note that additional items in the chain (to the right of the selected biomaterial) may need to be generated by the System.
Trouble Shooting: Choose the right option
The proper association between the array data and annotation data is critical to a successful array data import.
The annotation data might be created before the data files were uploaded/imported. These annotation data, however, have to be used properly. For example, when the new biomaterial objects are created during the auto-create process, the biomaterial data manually entered would be ignored and associated with no datafiles.
If there are annotation data manually entered to the experiment prior to the importing process, the user should choose option 3 to select the hybridization object during the import so that there would be no downstream creation of biomaterial objects.
If user choose one of the options of "Autocreate...", there should be no manual biomaterial annotation entered.
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