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Agilent Files

3.9 Agilent Files

The Agilent file import tool reads Agilent text files (TXT tab delimited files) that were created using the Agilent Feature Extraction software and allows you to import various fields into SVS for analysis. All fields are imported into SVS as they are stored in the TXT file except for the LogR field. Agilent uses a base 10 for all logarithms. To be consistent for analysis, the import process converts this field into a base 2 logarithm. Marker map information from the text files are also imported and the resulting dataset has the marker map applied.

From the Import Agilent File dialog (see Figure 14), first select the TXT files you want to include in the dataset. To select the files, click on the Add Files button and use the file browser to choose the files for import. The files you selected will appear in the import dialog window. You may add all of the TXT files in a directory by using the Add Directory button. To remove files from the window, select the unwanted samples and click Remove. You may continue adding files by clicking the Add Files or the Add Directory buttons again. Multiple selection is allowed by <Shift>-left-click to select a block of files or by <Ctrl>-left-click to select several individual files. All TXT files must be of the same type, length and containing the same marker map information in order to be imported together. If there are files that do not match then an error message will be generated and the non-matching files will need to be removed from the list of files to import.

You can also change the name of the dataset at this time.