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anvi-delete-misc-data [program]
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Remove stuff from 'additional data' or 'order' tables for either items or layers in either pan or profile databases. OR, remove stuff from the 'additional data' tables for nucleotides or amino acids in contigs databases.
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Authors
Can consume
pan-db 
profile-db misc-data-items 
misc-data-layers misc-data-layer-orders misc-data-nucleotides misc-data-amino-acids
Can provide
This program does not seem to provide any artifacts. Such programs usually print out some information for you to see or alter some anvi’o artifacts without producing any immediate outputs.
Usage
After you’ve added misc-data of some kind (misc-data-items, misc-data-layers, misc-data-layer-orders, misc-data-nucleotides, or misc-data-amino-acids) using anvi-import-misc-data, you can delete that data and remove it from the interactive interface using this program.
This program will release your data into the ether, never to be seen again. If you would like to first export it into a text file (so that it can be seen again), you can do so with anvi-export-misc-data.
This program only works on data that is listed as an available key (most often because it was previously imported by the user). To view available keys, call either
anvi-delete-misc-data -p profile-db \ --target-data-table items|layers|layer_orders \ --list-available-keys
or
anvi-delete-misc-data -c contigs-db \ --target-data-table nucleotides|amino_acids \ --list-available-keys
where you choose the appropriate option for the taget-data-table.
If your misc-data is associated with a specific data group, you can provide that data group to this program with the -D flag.
Data types you can delete
From a pan-db or profile-db: items, layers, layer orders
From a pan-db or profile-db, you can delete
- items data (misc-data-items)
anvi-delete-misc-data -p profile-db \ --target-data-table items \ --keys-to-remove key_1
- layers data (misc-data-layers)
anvi-delete-misc-data -p pan-db \ --target-data-table layers \ --keys-to-remove key_2,key_3
- layer orders data (misc-data-layer-orders)
anvi-delete-misc-data -p profile-db \ --target-data-table layer_orders \ --keys-to-remove key_4
From a contigs-db: nucleotide and amino acid data
From a contigs-db, you can delete
- nucleotide data (misc-data-nucleotides)
anvi-delete-misc-data -c contigs-db \ --target-data-table nucleotides \ --keys-to-remove key_1
- amino acid data (misc-data-amino-acids)
anvi-delete-misc-data -c contigs-db \ --target-data-table amino_acids \ --keys-to-remove key_2
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Additional Resources
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