Step 4 - Request manifest files

Manifest files are mandatory for all datasets.

For uploads going to a new Pennsieve dataset, simply toggle the option to Yes. Then a manifest.xlsx file will be added to each high-level SPARC folder with the filename, timestamp, and file type fields automatically populated in the correct format while the description and Additional Metadata fields can be added by the user by selecting on a high-level folder to make manifest edits. Upon making edits, hitting the save and exit button will create manifest.xlsx files to be added upon dataset generation.

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At the moment, SODA will not automatically fill out the entity column in the manifest file. You will need to fill this out manually. If you have a large number of files, you can generate the manfiest file locally to update the Entity column. If you do this, please click the Use Locally Generated Manifest button so that SODA uploads the manifest file you edited locally to Pennsieve.