What file formats, data types and instrument types are supported?

File formats

Progenesis QI directly supports the following file formats:

Data format	Download the plugin
mzML Files	Provided as standard
mzXML Files	Provided as standard
NetCDF Files
UNIFI Export Packages (.uep)	Provided as standard
Waters (.raw)	Provided as standard

Other formats should be converted to mzML or mzXml.

Data types

Data may be in either profile or centroided forms, although you will usually get better results using profile data. Additionally, if you use centroided data you will be asked to enter the full width at half maximum (FWHM) resolution of the machine on which the data was collected.

Instrument types

Progenesis QI works with a variety of instrument types.

• For most instrument types, the default ion detection method in Progenesis QI should be used.
• For Direct Sample Analysis experiments, the direct sample analysis method should be used.