One can also check sample quality on individual or groups of samples using the “Check Sample Quality” button in the Tools tab under the instrumentation band.ĭisable Undo: If checked, undo will be bypassed. time upon loading (this may slow sample load time).
Show all keywords in menus: Keyword menus will show all possible keywordsĬheck Sample Quality As Loaded: If enabled, all files will be examined for consistency by medians of parameters v. Significant Figures: Select to use 1.23E2 formatting ( this format is called Scientific notation) That means for some data the sorting preference may be ignored.ĭecimal Precision: Enter number of decimal places shown in statistics values If samples have a “well id” keyword, samples will now be sorted by the keyword “well id”, or if that keyword is not found, then by the sorted by preference. Sort order keyword: Sort the samples in the workspace according to the value of any keyword. When it comes to annotating your flow cytometry data with keywords, there are 3 things you need to know 1. Sort the workspace by keyword in this drop down box Note: This is different when data is present, as shown here. Press to clear the keyword combination.ĭraw Row Borders: Draw horizontal lines between successive rows in the tableĭraw Column Borders: Draw vertical lines dividing all the columns You can read more about the FCS file format here.
Keyword Combination: This changes the file name the any keyword preferred. In this case, FlowJo will show you both the file path (e.g.file:///Users/yourname/experiment/datafile.fcs)
Use Full Path and File: Used when resolving many samples with the same name. Use Short File Name: Uses the file name as seen by the operating system for sample names Select the Workspace button in the Preferences tool to open the Workspace preferences.įCS Default: Uses the FCS standard identification keyword as the display name for samples in the workspace.