3. GS Run Browser
: 3.2 Opening a Data Set
3.2
Opening a Data Set
Clicking on the ‘Open’ button or on the ‘Open a Data Set’ text will open the ‘Open a Data Set’ dialog, prompting the user to select a data set to display (
Figure 14
). Either a Run directory (R_...), a data processing directory (D_...), or individual cwf (.cwf) or wells (.wells) files may be selected:
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R_ directory– will load only the general Run information and the captured Images, if available.
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D_ directory– will load the general Run information, the captured images, and all the data processing results.
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.cwf files - Contain the uncorrected flowgrams from the image processing step or the corrected flowgrams from the signal processing step.
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.wells files – Legacy files generated by pre-version 2.0 software that contain well data.
Figure 14: The ‘Open a Data Set’ dialog, used to select the data set
The ‘Open’ button of the ‘Open a Data Set’ dialog is enabled only when a valid data set and the correct directory or file type has been selected. A progress bar will appear at the upper right corner of the GS Run Browser window while the data set is being loaded, showing the steps of the loading. If the data set fails to open, an error message window will appear (not shown). Alternatively, you can click-and-drag a proper data set from the OS file browser and drop it directly into the GS Run Browser window.
The application does not allow multiple .cwf files to be selected from different data processing directories. If you attempt to do so, the open button will be disabled and an error message will be displayed if you hover the mouse over the open button.
A list of recently opened data sets is always available. To access the list of previously opened data sets click the ‘Reopen Recent Data Set’ text from the introduction page, or click the ‘Open’ button while pressing the Shift key. The full path to a data set and the last time the data set was modified is displayed in a tooltip for reference (
Figure 15
).
Figure 15: Pop up list of recent data sets, ready to reopen
R_ directory– will load only the general Run information and the captured Images, if available.
D_ directory– will load the general Run information, the captured images, and all the data processing results.
.cwf files - Contain the uncorrected flowgrams from the image processing step or the corrected flowgrams from the signal processing step.
.wells files – Legacy files generated by pre-version 2.0 software that contain well data.