To specify NextGENe process options
1. On the NextGENe main menu, click Process > Options.
The Options dialog box opens.
2. Optionally, do any or all the following as needed:
• Use the Local Temp Directory option to process network or local data files on a specified local drive without having to manually transfer the data files. Instead, NextGENe automatically transfers the data files for processing to the indicated temporary local directory, which reduces the data processing time. After the project is run, NextGENe removes the data files from the temporary local directory and stores them back onto the appropriate local or network drive.
• To process network data, leave both Select Use local temp directory and Only for remote data selected.
• To process local data files, leave Select Use local temp directory selected and clear Only for remote data.
For either option, you can leave the default Temp folder location set as-is, and or click Set to open the Browse for folder dialog box, and browse to and select the a different folder for temporary data storage.
• By default, post-processing outputs are saved to the project output folder. To also save these outputs in a single global location, select Save copies of reports to directory, and then click Set to open the Select copies of outputs folder dialog box, and browse to and select the appropriate folder.
• All NextGENe AutoRun templates are saved in the Template root directory. The default value is C:\Users\Public\Documents\SoftGenetics\NextGENe\Templates\ and SoftGenetics strongly recommends that you do not modify this value.
• If you intend to export any outputs to Geneticist Assistant, then you must specify the location of your Geneticist Assistant installation. Click Set to open a dialog box, and then browse to and select the Geneticist Assistant executable (geneticist_assistant.exe).
 | If you have not changed the default location for the Geneticist Assistant executable, then it is located in: C:\Program Files\Softgenetics\Geneticist Assistant\ga_exe. |
• By default, Save a copy of the annotation to the project folder is selected, which results in the reference annotation information being saved to the project output folder. Do one of the following:
• Although this increases the size of the output folder, you should leave this option selected if your projects are regularly copied to multiple computers for viewing.
• Clear this option to simply link the reference annotation information to the project output folder.
| | Although linking to the annotation information instead of saving it reduces the size of your projects’ output folders, you should select this option only if your projects are not regularly copied to multiple computers. |
3. Click OK.
The Options dialog box closes. Your process options are saved.