Top Level Metadata
Open or create an assay or study file
Section titled Open or create an assay or study fileTo create an annotation table file with the Swate standalone in your browser, click “New File” and select which kind of file (investigation, study, assay) you want to create.
If you already created a isa.study.xlsx or isa.assay.xlsx file, you can select “Import File” to modify and add to it.
In the “Metadata” sheet, you can fill in general metadata about your investigation, study or assay.
Top level metadata handling
Section titled Top level metadata handlingIn contrast to Swate standalone in your browser, swate in excel doesn’t need a metadata sheet and can be used to just store your data without any additional information.
In order to export your data as JSON a top level metadata file is needed but it can be added afterwards and be changed any time, without affecting the rest of your data.
You create by clicking the “Create Metadata” icon in the nabar of the sidebar. When a top level metadatasheet is available, the different properties of it will be loaded, enabling you to manipulate the data outside the sheet itself or delete it. When no top level meta data sheet is available, you can determine its Type.
After you decided its type, the sheet with the basic information of the top level metadata will be created. While the dialogue is open in the sidebar, changes in the sheet will not be recognized. When you reopen the dialogue to adapt your top level metadata, the changes in the sheet will be present now.
