All samples hybridized to Affymetrix arrays can be annotated and viewed within SBEAMS.

Annotate Sample Page To access the page to annotate or view information about a sample, go to the ProjectHome page. Select the project from the drop down located at the top of the page. Click on a Link under the "Sample_Tag" Column to view information about a sample Enter Data to to describe the sample To Save time entering multiple samples use "Save Template" which will Save a copy of the current page. For the next sample use choose the template in the "Existing Templates" drop down box. Then Click "Set Fields to this Template". Change any fields that are different for the second sample. Click "Insert" if this is a new record or "Update" if the record was modified to save the information Open Link ProjectHome Page

Annotate Array Page To access the page to annotate or view information about a specific Affy Array, go to the ProjectHome page. Select the project from the drop down located at the top of the page. Click on a Link under the "File_root" Column to view information about an array Enter Data to to describe the array Click "Insert" or "Update" to save the information Open Link ProjectHome Page