Exploring Manifest Wizard
The manifest wizard is a tool to help you populate a manifest with common data values. It is a simple wizard that will ask a few questions then, generate the manifest file for you.
The manifest wizard can be accessed via the Prefilled template download dropdown menu option on the Manifests web page.
Manifests web page: Tabular information for various manifest types and their current versions
Manifests web 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
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Navigate to the Manifests web page. Then, click the Prefilled template option from the dropdown menu.
Manifests web page: Click ‘Prefilled template’ dropdown menu option
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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.
Manifests web 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.
Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Common field dropdown menu
Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Inputted common field values
Click the
to proceed to the next step of the manifest wizard.-
Click the
button to download the prefilled manifest file.
Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Download prefilled manifest by clicking the ‘Finish’ button
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Preview of downloaded manifest with prefilled metadata
Tree of Life Manifest wizard: Prefilled manifest
See also