In BIOVIA Pipeline Pilot Client, instead of having to browse to and include a file in a ‘reader’ component (for example Delimited Text Reader, SD Reader and so on) you can instead include the text ‘inline’.

This makes it easier to export or share protocols as you won’t need to include the actual text file.

For example, if you have text such as the following in a file ‘CellData.txt’:

CulteredCell CellLine Value
Cancer 143B -4.27
Cancer 5637 -5.14
Cancer A431 -4.52
Homo Sapiens 105KC -4.09
Homo Sapiens 1A2 -4.00
. . .
. . .

Instead of including the text file itself in your protocol, you can add the text from this file ‘inline’ in the protocol using the following steps:

1. Open the text file (e.g. CellData.txt) in a text reader such as Notepad.

2. Copy the contents to the clipboard.

3. Open your protocol in Pipeline Pilot Client.

4. Select the reader component, e.g. Delimited Text Reader.

5. In the Parameters section, right-click on column containing the Source parameter.

6. Select ‘Initialize Using’, then choose ‘Provided Content’.

7. Paste the contents into text dialog box and click OK.

8. Save the protocol.