This directory contains an example metadata file and configuration file for the scpca-nf
workflow.
These files should be used as an example of formats and content, but note that the values in these files may not be applicable or sufficient to allow running scpca-nf
to be used directly on your system.
You can test your configuration setup by performing a test run with the example data that we have provided.
We recommend using the example 10X dataset from a human glioblastoma donor that was processed using the 10X Genomics' Next GEM Single Cell 3' Reagent Kits v3.1(note: you may be prompted to provide an email and register upon navigating to the 10X downloads site). The fastq files for this example data can be downloaded from the following link (note: These files will take approximately 10 GB of disk space upon download and expanding the tar file): Brain_Tumor_3p_fastqs.tar.
Following download and unzipping of the fastq files, you will need to create a tab-separated values metadata file that looks like the following:
scpca_run_id | scpca_library_id | scpca_sample_id | scpca_project_id | technology | seq_unit | files_directory |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
run01 | library01 | sample01 | project01 | 10Xv3.1 | cell | /path/to/example_fastq_files |
Be sure to enter the full path to the directory containing the fastq files in the files_directory
column.
The following command can then be used to test your configuration setup with the example data:
nextflow run AlexsLemonade/scpca-nf \
-config <path to config file> \
-profile <name of profile> \
--run_metafile <path to metadata file>
Where <path to config file>
is the relative path to the configuration file that you have setup after following the instructions on creating a configuration file, <name of profile>
is the name of the profile that you chose when creating a profile, and <path to metadata file>
is the full path to the metadata TSV you created.
For the example configuration file that we provided, we used the profile name cluster
and would indicate that we would like to use that profile at the command line with -profile cluster
.
For more detailed information on setting up the metadata file for your own data, see instructions on preparing the metadata file.
You can download an example of the expected output files here: scpca_out.zip
.
For more information on the file structure and what to expect see the description of the output files.