Introduction

Enterotypes represent clusters of samples constructed from taxonomy abundance profiling, usually from genus or species profiling. Samples in the same enterotypes share similar features in species composition. The Enterotype visualization application let users check enterotype results online with scatter plot of samples and eclipse of enterotype. The application allows users to swap to different axes, modify colors online.

Input Files

Click on the Download Data button to check the demo input files.

1. Group information (TSV file)

• demo

2. PCA/PCoA/BCA coordinate (TSV file)

• demo

3. Cluster result (TSV file)

• demo

Display Interactions

• Tooltips
  Hover on the box or the scatter, the info tooltips will show.

• Highlight Scatter (click)
  Click on a sample scatter to highlight it with auxiliary axises.

• Hidable scatter (double-click)
  Double-click on a sample scatter to hide it. Hidden samples can be re-shown in the filter samples editor.

• Draggable Legend
  Drag lengend to adjust its position.

• Download
  One SVG file will be generated when the Download Chart button is clicked.

Editor Functions

• Files

  • Manage Files: checklist of files uploaded previously, delete or download files.
  • Upload: upload files. Note that the duplicated file name will be alerted and given a random postfix.
  • Choose: choose files uploaded previously.

• Data

  • Taxonomic Rank: select the taxanomy rank of the data to display.
  • X-Axis: Select the X-axis variable.
  • X Range Lower Bound: Choose the lower bound of X values.
  • X Range Upper Bound: Choose the upper bound of X values.
  • Y-Axis: Select the Y-axis variable.
  • Y Range Lower Bound: Choose the lower bound of Y values.
  • Y Range Upper Bound: Choose the upper bound of Y values.

• Settings

  • Customize colors: Select custom colors.
  • Scatter Size: input an integer to adjust the size of the scatter.
  • Scatter Opacity: input a value to adjust the opacity of the scatter.
  • Hollow Scatter: click to make scatters hollow.
  • Draw Lines to center: Click to show the line between scatter and center.
  • Draw Ellipse: Check to display error ellipse.

Manual version=1.0, written by Dr. JIANG Yiqi and Ms. WANG Yanfei on 2021-06-13.