AnVIL Portal
  • Data Submission Guide
  • Submission Process Overview
  • 1 - Register Study/Obtain Approvals
  • 2 - Set Up a Data Model
  • 3 - Prepare for Submission
  • 4 - Stage Your Data in AnVIL
  • 5 - QC Data
  • Data Submission Resources
  • Consortium Data Access Guidelines
  • Data Withdrawal Procedures

Step 3 - Prepare for Submission

AnVIL accepts two types of data

  • Genomic object files
    Genomic object files require minimal metadata, some of which is generated by the AnVIL (such as full paths to the files in AnVIL cloud storage).
  • Clinical data, phenotypes, and metadata
    Submitted in TSV format (see requirements below)

Most studies are submitting both.

Formatting requirements for submitted data

You will submit all metadata (including phenotypic data) in a spreadsheet-like file (TSV/TXT format). To prepare data for submission, you will

  • Make sure all object files conform to AnVIL’s naming requirements
  • Generate a TSV file for each table in the data model (clinical data, phenotypes, and metadata from Step 2)

Step-by-step Instructions

For details, see How to prepare data for submission to AnVIL (estimated read time 15 minutes).


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