Changing the datatype
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Bérénice Batut
Nicola Soranzo
Helena Rasche
Saskia Hiltemann
Barakat Ajadi
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Bérénice BatutNicola SoranzoHelena RascheSaskia HiltemannBarakat AjadiLucille Delislehall-of-fameAdd Contributions!
Galaxy will try to autodetect the datatype of your files, but you may need to manually set this occasionally.
- Click on the galaxy-pencil pencil icon for the dataset to edit its attributes
- In the central panel, click on the galaxy-gear Convert tab on the top
- In the lower part galaxy-chart-select-data Datatypes, select your desired datatype
- tip: you can start typing the datatype into the field to filter the dropdown menu
- Click the Save button
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