Home > Q10. I am trying to create Agilent miRNA experiment but I am getting the error 'All Agilent miRNA sample files need to have the same Grid_Date field'. All the samples are extracted from the chips with similar design Ids. What should I do?
In GeneSpring, the AMADID number field and the Grid_Date fields are considered as unique identifiers for miRNA arrays.
The Grid_Date field gives information on the version of the design file that was used to extract the data during sample creation. This means that even if the AMADID number is same for the same sample (for example: 19118), if they were created using a different design file, then they will not be taken together for experiment creation.
If the data set includes files from different Grid_Dates, you can create a custom technology to analyze them together.
For more details on Custom or generic Single Color/Two Color data analysis, refer to the Chapter 13 and 14 in GeneSpring manual.