Re: [base] summary of how the new core batch importers can be used forimporting whole experiments

2008-11-24 Thread Moore, Jonathan
Micha, As a new user I really appreciate this recipe and will be trying it this week or next, so will give feedback. Thank you very much. Dr. Jay Moore Senior Bioinformatician Warwick Systems Biology Centre University of Warwick UK -Original Message- From: Micha Bayer [mailto:[EMAIL PR

[base] summary of how the new core batch importers can be used for importing whole experiments

2008-11-24 Thread Micha Bayer
Hi, I thought it might be useful for others to have a step-by-step account of how to import a whole experiment with the new core batch importers, so here it goes: My aim was to import the hybridization-related information for a whole experiment in a way that would provide MIAME-compliance for thi

Re: [base] problem attaching files to raw bioassays using the batch importer -- BASE 2.8.4

2008-11-24 Thread Nicklas Nordborg
Micha Bayer wrote: > The Raw Data Type also needs to be made mandatory as the import will > fail without it (that seems to go for all cases, file supplied or > not). No, it is not always needed. It depends on the platform you are using. For example, file-only platforms like Affymetrix doesn't ne

Re: [base] problem attaching files to raw bioassays using the batch importer -- BASE 2.8.4

2008-11-24 Thread Micha Bayer
Excellent -- that works. Thanks, guys. Is it reasonable to assume that people will want to attach their file if they specify the file name? If so, then it would make sense to make the "Data Directory" and "Data File Type" parameters mandatory in the import wizard if someone has specified a file