Create a new plate map file format from SciStream manage formats of the Grid Plate Editor app

1️⃣ Grid Plate Editor – Analysis tab ➡ select  [“plate design name”] ➡ select  [Edit plate design]

2️⃣ Grid Plate Editor – Design section ➡ Add annotations on this layout ➡ select  [Import via SciStream]

3️⃣ New Annotation from template window ➡ select  [Manage Formats]

4️⃣ SciStream window ➡ select  [Add…]

5️⃣ Open window ➡ browse and select file(s)

6️⃣ Open window ➡ select  [Open]

7️⃣ SciStream window ➡ select  [Manage Formats…]

8️⃣ Manage Formats window ➡ select  [New…]

9️⃣ Create File Format window ➡ select/type

• Name
• Description
• The data format
• Each well has

Layout

• Worksheets Name
• Worksheets Positions
• Primary Delimiter
• Secondary Delimiter
• FileName Delimiter
• Plate Rows
• Plate Columns
• File Header Rows
• Plate Header Rows
• Data Block Headers Rows
• Data Block Column Headers
• Data Blocks Per Plate
• Data Block Footer Rows
• Plate Footer Rows
• File Footer Rows

Columns ➡ modify accordingly

🔟 Create File Format window ➡ select  [Save] ➡ select  [Close] (This last close action is taken for the Manage Formats and the SciStream windows)