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Files Validation Rules

# RULE ID TYPE TITLE DESCRIPTION
1 rule_f_400_090_001_01 ERROR Referenced data files not within study FILES folder. Referenced data files must exist within study FILES folder. Reference data files with format FILES/(sub folder if exists)/(file name) in assay file.
2 rule_f_400_090_001_02 ERROR Referenced data files do not start with FILES/ prefix. Reference data files with format FILES/(sub folder if exists>>/(file name>> in assay file.
3 rule_f_400_090_001_03 ERROR Referenced data files contain invalid characters. There are invalid characters in a referenced file name. Use only .- _A-Za-z0-9 characters as a referenced data file name.
4 rule_f_400_090_001_04 ERROR Data files contain zero byte data. Check data files and re-upload.
5 rule_f_400_090_001_07 ERROR Folders are referenced in assay file. Folder reference in data file column is not allowed. If data file type is a folder, compress it with zip utility tool and reference compressed data file.
6 rule_f_400_090_001_08 ERROR A file in NMR raw data folder is referenced in assay file. Only .zip files are allowed in this column. If data file or its parent is a raw data folder, compress it with zip utility tool and reference only compressed data file (e.g. 0011/fid -> 0001.zip, 0001/acqu -> 0001.zip).
7 rule_f_400_090_001_09 ERROR Uploaded data file names contain invalid characters. Use only .-_A-Za-z0-9 characters for data file name.
8 rule_f_400_090_002_01 WARNING Referenced raw data files not within RAW_FILES folder. Referenced raw data files should be located within FILES/RAW_FILES/(sub folder if exists>>/(file name>> and upload your data to appropriate folder.
9 rule_f_400_090_003_01 WARNING Referenced derived data files not within DERIVED_FILES folder. Reference your derived file DERIVED_FILES/(sub folder if exists>>/(file name>> and upload your data to appropriate folder.
10 rule_f_400_100_001_01 ERROR Metadata files within study FILES folder. Metadata files must not exist within study FILES folder. Review and delete/move metadata files.
11 rule_f_400_100_001_02 WARNING Multiple referenced data files with the same name within different folders. Review referenced file names and make referenced file names unique.
12 rule_f_400_100_001_03 WARNING Derived data files not referenced in assay file. Derived data files should be referenced in assay file.
13 rule_f_400_100_001_04 WARNING Raw data files not referenced in assay file. Raw data files should be referenced in assay file.
14 rule_f_400_100_001_05 ERROR Data files with .aspx extensions within study FILES folder. Data files with .aspx extensions must not exist within study FILES folder. Check Aspera upload completed successfully.
15 rule_f_400_100_001_06 ERROR Data files with .wiff extensions but no data files with .wiff.scan extensions within study FILES folder. Data files with .wiff.scan extensions often accompany data files with .wiff extensions within study FILES folder. Check referenced data files and re-upload.
16 rule_f_400_100_001_07 ERROR Unexpected files / folders within study root folder. Only reference metadata files and FILES folder are allowed within study root folder. Sample and assay files must be referenced in i_Investigation.txt. All metabolite Assignment files must be referenced in assay files. Multiple investigation files and all other files are not allowed.
17 rule_f_400_100_001_08 ERROR Data files with .imzML extensions but no data files with .ibd extensions within study FILES folder. Data files with .ibd extensions often accompany data files with .imzML extensions within study FILES folder. Check referenced data files and re-upload.