Spreadsheet Wizard for Easy Data Submission

The manifest wizard is a tool to help you populate a spreadsheet with common data values. It is a simple wizard that will ask a few questions then, generate the file for you.

The manifest wizard can be accessed via the Prefilled template download dropdown menu option on the Manifests page.

Manifests page

Manifests page: Tabular information for various manifest types and their current versions


Manifest wizard page

Manifests page: Manifest download template options - Blank template``**and** ``Prefilled template with option to download, ``Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)``

Blank manifest templates can be downloaded via the Blank template dropdown menu option or from the Download Manifest Templates section.

Prefill Manifests

  1. Navigate to the Manifests page. Then, click the Prefilled template option from the dropdown menu.

    'Prefilled template' dropdown menu option on Manifests page

    Manifests page: Click Prefilled template dropdown menu option


  2. In the Tree of Life Manifest Wizard displayed, enter the number samples that you would like to describe then, input a common value for a field by selecting the field name from the dropdown list.

    'Tree of Life (ToL) Manifest' wizard

    Manifests page: Tree of Life Manifest wizard


    Note

    The manifest wizard will only display fields that are associated with the type of manifest that you would like to prefill.

    Once you have inputted a value for a common field, that value will be prefilled according to the number of samples that you have inputted.

    Common field dropdown menu in Tree of Life Manifest wizard

    Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Common field dropdown menu


    Inputted common field values in Tree of Life Manifest wizard

    Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Inputted common field values


  3. Click the next-button to proceed to the next step of the manifest wizard.

  4. Click the finish-button button to download the prefilled manifest file.

    'Tree of Life Manifest' wizard 'Download' prefilled manifest step

    Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Download prefilled manifest by clicking the ‘Finish’ button


  5. Preview of downloaded manifest with prefilled metadata

    Prefilled manifest

    Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Prefilled manifest