UPLOAD METADATA

Any files associated with an experiment (excluding sequencing files, references, and annotations) can be uploaded through the METADATA (Fig.) tab. During upload, the metadata files should always be associated with an organism and tagged appropriately, as explained in Table below.

Data Type

Tag Name

Format

Details

List of genes

Gene List

Tab, CSV, TXT

Ensembl Gene IDs only

Target markers

Hotspots

BED, VCF

SNPs, MNPs, INDELs

Amplicon ranges

Amplicon Range

BED, VCF

Target region with start and ends

Variants/genotypes

Genotypes

BED, VCF

Called variants

Table. Metadata file formats and associated upload tags.

Similar to Sequence and reference file uploads, the following actions are performed on the uploaded metadata files:

Uncompression of the files

Validation of the format and integrity of the file and its compatibility to the reference genome.

Registration into the METADATA

Status notification through email

Successfully uploaded metadata files are stored in METADATA and can be accessed while executing the pipelines.