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underlying bigBed files, using the trackDbIndexBb utility. This utility
creates multibed/index files containing the coordinates where the tracks intersect,
expediting data lookup. There are two instances in which these files are helpful or required:
- (helpful) In large composites (dozens or hundreds of tracks), especially when subtrack
data are sparse, the index files will provide a substantial performance improvement.
- (required) For building track associations. An example of this is when it is desired
to display peak and signal tracks together. Because
hideEmptySubtracks works
only on bigBed tracks (peaks), associated tracks (such as bigWig signals) can be designated
to be displayed alongside the bigBeds with data.
To build the index files, first download the trackDbIndexBb utility.
For more information on downloading our command line utilities, see these
-instructions.
+instructions.
There are three other programs needed to run trackDbIndexBb. Two of them,
bedToBigBed and bigBedToBed, can be found
-in the same
+in the same
downloads directory.
The final dependency, bedtools, can be found on the bedtools site.
Parameters
Kent utilities can be run with no parameters to display a usage message.
Additionally, trackDbIndexBb can be passed the
- h flag to display a more verbose help message.
./trackDbIndexBb
./trackDbIndexBb -h
Below is a short description of the parameters:
- trackName | The name of the composite containing the bigBed tracks
to be indexed. Higher-level composite names may be used to build track associations.
This means that all tracks in the hierarchy below trackName will be searched
for indexing and associations.
- raFile | The location of the trackDb.ra file containing the bigDataUrls
of the bigBeds to be indexed.
- chromSizes | Location of the chrom.sizes file. This file contains the names
and sizes of the chromosomes for the working assembly. This can be generated from the 2bit genome,
downloaded from the respective assembly on our download server, or fetched using the
+href="http://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/downloads.html">download server, or fetched using the
fetchChromSizes utility found in the same directory as trackDbIndexBb.
- -o --out | (Optional) Path to the output directory where the resulting files will
be placed. Defaults to current directory.
- -p --pathTools | (Optional) Location where the dependent programs can be found.
Will automatically check current directory and user's path.
trackDbIndexBb
has three dependencies listed above. Note that bedtools must be downloaded from an
external group.
- -n --noDelete | (Optional) Keep intermediary multiBed file.
- -m --metaDataVar | (Optional) Used only when building track associations. The variable
designated here will be a trackDb variable which can be used to associate tracks. Default value is
subGroups, though metaData is also commonly used. See example below for more
information.
- -s --subGroupRemove | (Optional) Used only when building track associations. In
conjunction with --metaDataVar, this variable is used to build track associations. The