Read FCS operator

Description

read_fcs operator transforms FCS files to Tercen datasets.

Usage

Data input	.
documentId	is the documentId (document can be a single FCS file, or a zipped set of FCS files)

Operator settings	.
which.lines	numeric, indicates the number of lines to be read. If NULL all the records are read, otherwise, a random sample of the size indicated by which.lines is read in

Data output	.
filename	character, the name of the FCS file
channels	numeric, one variable per channel in the FCS file
Compensation	If built-in compensation matrices are found in the FCS files, they will be added to the "Compensation" folder within the project.
Annotation	The table containing channel names and descriptions per file is created in the "Annotation" folder within the project.

Details

The operator transforms FCS files into Tercen table. If the document is a ZIP file containing a set of FCS files, the operator extracts the FCS files and transforms them into Tercen table.

The Flow Cytometry Standard is a data file standard for the reading and writing of data from flow cytometry experiments.