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Add method to produce metadata with tabulated values #7

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ElDeveloper opened this issue Aug 22, 2017 · 2 comments
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Add method to produce metadata with tabulated values #7

ElDeveloper opened this issue Aug 22, 2017 · 2 comments

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@ElDeveloper
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ElDeveloper commented Aug 22, 2017

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As it currently stands, the only way to get a TSV file with alpha diversity data is by generating the tabulated visualization, and from the visualization click on "Download as TSV". It would be nice to have a method in this plugin that didn't require the interaction with the browser.

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This was briefly discussed in a forum post here.

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We wanted to encourage users to use artifacts as metadata instead of exporting to TSV, that way provenance is preserved. But I can also see this being a useful utility in practice -- perhaps it's just a user education type of thing, where we document and recommend retaining provenance when possible.

One way to accomplish this would be supporting a qiime tools export command that lets users export an artifact as a Metadata TSV file.

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