Technical data

Data Acquisition 4
Worklist import
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CSV file mapping
You use the Map File Generator program to modify a map file.
You start this program by clicking the Map File Generator icon
in the Agilent MassHunter Workstation > Acq Tools folder.
See the online Help for more information on this program.
You can import the csv file to add or
insert samples whether the
worklist is running or not. You can
also import the file in an offline
session.
Your sample csv file contains a table of samples and attribute
information for each sample. The information in this file may
not correspond to the information needed in a TOF or Q-TOF
worklist in several ways.
• Some of the information may not be relevant.
• Some information may be missing.
• Column names of the sample attributes may not be the same
as those used by the Agilent MassHunter Workstation Data
Acquisition software.
You cannot import scripts into a
worklist. You must add them
directly.
You must first edit the sample csv file to put it into a form that
maps to TOF or Q-TOF sample data. You can specify these
changes when you map to the TOF or Q-TOF data:
• Change the column header names
• Add new columns in the worklist
• Change data values
You can include a mapping section in front of the sample
information in the sample csv file or in a separate configuration
csv file. You use a configuration csv file when all the sample
information values are the same from import to import. You
also include the mapping section in the sample csv file when
new groups of samples with different dynamic mapping of
columns, such as amount of compounds analyzed, are added for
import.
Mapping for static worklist columns
Some worklist boxes are static and invariant, such as Sample
Name and Sample Position. These come under the heading,
Static Mapping, in the mapping section of the csv file.