b9e05f0d81f3b1c3dc37942fdec403f1bd40156d jcasper Sun Jun 28 08:32:33 2026 -0700 Adding link from trackDb docs to faceted composite page, refs #36320 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml index 7946fe831a2..ee59dba8489 100644 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml @@ -6859,31 +6859,32 @@ longLabel Sig Two Long bigDataUrl https://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/gbdb/hg38/bbi/wgEncodeRegDnase/wgEncodeRegDnaseUwK562Signal.bw subGroups cell=A1GM12 view=SIG </pre> <p> Similar to the example above, except this example shows a composite track containing two views, one with bigBeds and one with bigBeds, all inside of a superTrack.</p> </DIV> <!-- - - - - - - - FACETED COMPOSITE settings - - - - - - - --> <DIV class="faceted_composite_intro"> <H3>Faceted Composite Tracks</H3> <p>Some data sets fit easily into the view- and subgroup-based organization scheme. Other datasets, however, may consist of too many tracks to easily coerce into that structure, and may also benefit from mixing datasets with different underlying types (e.g. signals and peaks) together under the same heading. -For those situations, a "faceted composite" track may be appropriate.</p> +For those situations, a "faceted composite" track may be appropriate. A discussion of this composite +type with some worked examples is available <a href="../facetedComposite.html">here</a>.</p> <p>A faceted composite track is a composite with no views or subgroups to organize the subtracks. Instead, the subtracks are organized by a list of facets drawn from an accompanying tsv (tab-separated values) file. These facets can be combined with an optional <code>dataTypes</code> setting to control which subtracks are visible. When <code>dataTypes</code> is absent, each row in the list represents an individual track that can be turned on or off. When <code>dataTypes</code> is present, the rows instead represent sample IDs that are combined with the active dataTypes to control which tracks are turned on.</p> <p>Important: for this setting to be used, the subtrack names must be arranged carefully. Subtrack names in a faceted composite are derived from the parent track name and the metadata instead of being assigned freely. The exact format depends on whether the <code>dataTypes</code> setting is present.</p> <p>Without <code>dataTypes</code>: <br> <pre> <parentTrackName>_<primaryKeyValue></pre> Each subtrack name is the composite's track name, an underscore, and the value from the primaryKey column in the metadata file indicated by metaDataUrl for that subtrack's row. For example, if the composite is