Geneticist Assistant Online Help : Managing Panels and Subpanels : Importing a Panel : To import a panel
To import a panel
1. On the Geneticist Assistant main menu, click Panels > Manage Panels.
The Manage Panels dialog box opens. The number of panels that have already been imported into your Geneticist Assistant instance is displayed at the bottom of the dialog box. By default, Import from Panel File is selected.
2. Next to Import from Panel File, click the Browse button , and then browse to and select the appropriate BED file.
Geneticist Assistant creates a panel name that is the same as the selected BED file.
 
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If the correct BED file is not available for a panel, then you can create a new BED file for it, either from a BED file that was loaded for another panel (see To create a new BED file for a panel by adding or deleting regions), or by clicking Bed File Builder to open the BED File Builder tool and create a BED file that is based on the information that you specify. See Building a BED File with the BED File Builder Tool.
3. Optionally, in the Panel Name field, change the name of the panel.
 
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You can always click Default Name to change the name of the panel back to its default name.
4. If the correct panel group is not selected, then click Change Associated Panel Group to open the Panel Group Association dialog box, and then select a new panel group or click Add New Panel Group to open the Add New Panel Group dialog box and create it.
Add New Panel Group dialog box
 
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For information about panel groups, see Managing Objects in the Geneticist Assistant Database.
 
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To track variant pathogenicities together for all panels, instead of creating custom panel groups, create a single panel group that is to be used for all panels, for example, a Global panel group.
5. Click Import Panel.
The Manage Panels dialog box display is updated to show all the panel regions by name for the panel. By default, the coverage thresholds that are initially displayed are the global values that are defined on the Quality Control tab on the Settings tab. See To specify the global Quality Control settings.
6. Do one of the following:
• If you are done with the configuration of the newly added panel, then click OK to close the Manage Panels dialog box and return to the Current Jobs tab of the Geneticist Assistant main window. The tab shows the progress of importing the new panel. After the panel is successfully imported, the tab is blank.
 
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The time that it can take to import a BED file depends on the size of the BED file. Be patient as some BED files can take over an hour to be imported.
 
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To confirm that the panel has been successfully imported, you can open the Manage Panels dialog box again, choose Select Existing Panel, and make sure that an entry for the imported panel is displayed on the dropdown list of existing panels.
• If you are not done with the configuration of the newly added panel, then continue to any of the following: