Import/Export Workspace Rules
A. Filters
- Instead of creating filters from scratch in each project or workspace, exporting/importing filters allows the user to share filters between projects.
1. Export
For more information on how to create and select filters, see Select Data. To export existing filters:
File → Export → Filters
- Enter desired filter output file name and location
Click Save
2. Import
- By importing filters, filter rules created in a different project can be transferred to a new project, alleviating the need to create new filters from scratch.
File → Import → Filters
Select file, click Open
- The filters now exist in the available filters list.
B. OTU Rule Sets
- Re-creating desired OTU groupings for every new project can be a tedious process. Importing and exporting OTU Rule Sets automates the preservation and transfer of OTU groupings from project to project.
1. Import
- By importing OTU Rule Sets, the specifications used to create OTU groups in a different project can be transferred and applied to a new project.
File → Import → OTU Rule Sets
Select file, click Open
The OTU Rule Sets are now associated with the current project. Following application of a rule to a workspace, the new OTU Groups will appear in the OTU table, grouped accordingly. For more information on how to remove OTU Groups, see Select Data.
2. Export
To export existing OTU Rule Sets, first create OTU groups (for information on how to create OTU groups, see Select Data), then export them as follows:
File → Export → OTU Rule Sets
- Select the desired OTU Rule Sets
- To export all OTU Rule Sets, either click OK without selecting any rules, or click Ctrl-a to select all OTU Rule Sets before clicking OK.
- Enter desired output file name and location
Click Save