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Appendix A Data import and export
A.2 Importing data
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Rack positions import
The Menu:Custom Position Import and Simple Position Import functions in the
Rack Positions dialog (Section 4.2.6) import rack position data from an external
file such as one from a laboratory robot used to prepare sample microplates. If
you choose
Custom Position Import , the external file is first processed by the
import program as specified in Files:Preferences . Output from this program
must be tab-separated text in either ASCII or Unicode format conforming to the
specification below. The
Simple Position Import option imports data from a file
conforming to the specifications with no intervention from an external program.
• Two lines in the file specify the microplate and reagent rack settings, in the
format
Rack1=<microplate specification>
Rack2=<reagent rack specification>
• Specifications are not case-sensitive, but microplate and reagent rack
specifications must be given otherwise exactly as they appear in the
selection lists in the
Rack Positions dialog. If either specification is invalid,
the corresponding definition will not be imported. The position of these
two lines in the file does not matter.
• One line specifies the headers for table columns to be imported, separated
by tabs. The headers should correspond to the column headers as they
appear in the
Rack Positions table, with the exception of the Volume
column in the table which can be omitted from the import file (and is
ignored if it is present). This line may not be preceded by any line other
than the microplate and reagent rack specifications.
• A set of lines hold the content of the table columns separated by tabs.
Each line must contain the same number of tab characters as the header
line.
When import is requested, the contents of each table line in the import file are
matched as far as possible to the contents of the
Rack Positions table, with the
exception of the Position and Volume column. For matched rows, the Position
in the table is replaced by the value in the Position column from the import file.
Rows for which a match cannot be found are not imported. Any rows in the Rack
positions table which do not have a matching row in the import file are left
without a Position specification and must be placed in the microplate or
reagent rack before the run can be started.
Details of the required import file format can be investigated further by
examining a file created with the
Menu:Export Positions command.