Updating Samples

Samples can be updated by reuploading/resubmitting the manifest that was used to create them with the amended changes before or after the samples have been accepted by a sample manager and submitted to ENA [1].

Please note that not all field values of existing samples can be updated via the manifest resubmission update method. The fields that can be updated with that method are listed below. Those fields are known as non-compliance fields while the fields that are not listed or cannot be updated are known as compliance fields [2].

See the How to Download Submitted Sample Manifest section for guidelines about how to download a manifest that was already submitted.

Hint

To view a list of fields that can be updated for a particular project, collapse the list of fields by clicking the collapsible-item-arrow button below.

Important

The amended manifest or updated spreadsheet file must be uploaded to the same profile that was initially used to upload the manifest (before any modifications were done).

An error will occur if you perform one of the following actions:

  • Upload the amended manifest to a different profile [3] (other than the one used to upload the manifest to initially)

  • Upload the amended manifest to a new profile

  • Delete a profile that already has samples associated with it

Note

  • The manifest must be uploaded again with the amendments included for the change or update to occur.

  • You cannot reupload a manifest with some of the existing samples removed. The removed samples (from the reuploaded manifest) will not be automatically removed from the manifest sample record. If you would like existing samples to be removed or deleted from the manifest record, please contact for assistance detailing the profile title and reason for the removal.

  • Fields are also referred to as columns in the manifest.


List of Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics (ASG) project fields that can be updated

  • BARCODE_HUB

  • BARCODE_PLATE_PRESERVATIVE

  • COLLECTOR_SAMPLE_ID

  • CULTURE_OR_STRAIN_ID

  • DATE_OF_PRESERVATION

  • DEPTH

  • DIFFICULT_OR_HIGH_PRIORITY_SAMPLE

  • ELEVATION

  • HAZARD_GROUP

  • IDENTIFIED_BY

  • IDENTIFIED_HOW

  • IDENTIFIER_AFFILIATION

  • INFRASPECIFIC_EPITHET

  • LIFESTAGE

  • PARTNER_SAMPLE_ID

  • PLATE_ID_FOR_BARCODING

  • PRESERVED_BY

  • PRESERVER_AFFILIATION

  • PURPOSE_OF_SPECIMEN

  • RELATIONSHIP

  • SEX

  • SIZE_OF_TISSUE_IN_TUBE

  • SPECIMEN_ID_RISK

  • TIME_ELAPSED_FROM_COLLECTION_TO_PRESERVATION

  • TIME_OF_COLLECTION

  • TISSUE_FOR_BARCODING

  • TISSUE_REMOVED_FOR_BARCODING

  • TUBE_OR_WELL_ID_FOR_BARCODING

  • VOUCHER_ID


List of Darwin Tree of Life Samples (DToL) project fields that can be updated

  • BARCODE_HUB

  • BARCODE_PLATE_PRESERVATIVE

  • COLLECTOR_SAMPLE_ID

  • CULTURE_OR_STRAIN_ID

  • DATE_OF_PRESERVATION

  • DEPTH

  • DIFFICULT_OR_HIGH_PRIORITY_SAMPLE

  • ELEVATION

  • GAL_SAMPLE_ID

  • HAZARD_GROUP

  • IDENTIFIED_BY

  • IDENTIFIED_HOW

  • IDENTIFIER_AFFILIATION

  • INFRASPECIFIC_EPITHET

  • LIFESTAGE

  • PLATE_ID_FOR_BARCODING

  • PRESERVED_BY

  • PRESERVER_AFFILIATION

  • PURPOSE_OF_SPECIMEN

  • RELATIONSHIP

  • SEX

  • SIZE_OF_TISSUE_IN_TUBE

  • SPECIMEN_IDENTITY_RISK

  • TIME_ELAPSED_FROM_COLLECTION_TO_PRESERVATION

  • TIME_OF_COLLECTION

  • TISSUE_FOR_BARCODING

  • TISSUE_REMOVED_FOR_BARCODING

  • TUBE_OR_WELL_ID_FOR_BARCODING

  • VOUCHER_ID


List of European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) project fields that can be updated

  • ASSOCIATED_TRADITIONAL_KNOWLEDGE_CONTACT

  • ASSOCIATED_TRADITIONAL_KNOWLEDGE_OR_BIOCULTURAL_PROJECT_ID

  • ASSOCIATED_TRADITIONAL_KNOWLEDGE_OR_BIOCULTURAL_RIGHTS_APPLICABLE

  • BARCODE_HUB

  • BARCODING_STATUS

  • BARCODE_PLATE_PRESERVATIVE

  • BIOBANKED_TISSUE_PRESERVATIVE

  • COLLECTED_BY

  • COLLECTION_LOCATION

  • COLLECTOR_AFFILIATION

  • COLLECTOR_SAMPLE_ID

  • COMMON_NAME

  • CULTURE_OR_STRAIN_ID

  • DATE_OF_COLLECTION

  • DATE_OF_PRESERVATION

  • DECIMAL_LATITUDE

  • DECIMAL_LONGITUDE

  • DEPTH

  • DESCRIPTION_OF_COLLECTION_METHOD

  • DIFFICULT_OR_HIGH_PRIORITY_SAMPLE

  • DNA_REMOVED_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • DNA_VOUCHER_ID_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • ELEVATION

  • ETHICS_PERMITS_DEF

  • ETHICS_PERMITS_FILENAME

  • ETHICS_PERMITS_REQUIRED

  • FAMILY

  • GAL

  • GAL_SAMPLE_ID

  • GENUS

  • GRID_REFERENCE

  • HABITAT

  • HAZARD_GROUP

  • IDENTIFIED_BY

  • IDENTIFIED_HOW

  • IDENTIFIER_AFFILIATION

  • IDENTIFIER_AFFILIATION

  • INDIGENOUS_RIGHTS_APPLICABLE

  • INDIGENOUS_RIGHTS_DEF

  • INDIGENOUS_RIGHTS_DEF

  • INFRASPECIFIC_EPITHET

  • LIFESTAGE

  • NAGOYA_PERMITS_DEF

  • NAGOYA_PERMITS_FILENAME

  • NAGOYA_PERMITS_REQUIRED

  • ORDER_OR_GROUP

  • ORGANISM_PART

  • ORIGINAL_COLLECTION_DATE

  • ORIGINAL_GEOGRAPHIC_LOCATION

  • OTHER_INFORMATION

  • PRESERVATION_APPROACH

  • PRESERVATIVE_SOLUTION

  • PRESERVED_BY

  • PRESERVER_AFFILIATION

  • PROXY_TISSUE_VOUCHER_ID_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • PROXY_VOUCHER_ID

  • PROXY_VOUCHER_LINK

  • PURPOSE_OF_SPECIMEN

  • REGULATORY_COMPLIANCE

  • RELATIONSHIP

  • SAMPLE_COORDINATOR

  • SAMPLE_COORDINATOR_AFFILIATION

  • SAMPLE_COORDINATOR_ORCID_ID

  • SAMPLING_PERMITS_FILENAME

  • SAMPLING_PERMITS_REQUIRED

  • SCIENTIFIC_NAME

  • SEX

  • SIZE_OF_TISSUE_IN_TUBE

  • SPECIMEN_IDENTITY_RISK

  • TAXON_ID

  • TAXON_REMARKS

  • TIME_ELAPSED_FROM_COLLECTION_TO_PRESERVATION

  • TIME_OF_COLLECTION

  • TISSUE_FOR_BARCODING

  • TISSUE_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • TISSUE_REMOVED_FOR_BARCODING

  • TISSUE_REMOVED_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • TISSUE_REMOVED_FROM_BARCODING

  • TISSUE_VOUCHER_ID_FOR_BIOBANKING

  • TUBE_OR_WELL_ID_FOR_BARCODING

  • VOUCHER_ID

  • VOUCHER_INSTITUTION

  • VOUCHER_LINK


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