Requirements for GRCh38 custom BED file
If you create a custom BED file for a custom analysis that uses the GRCh38 reference, consider the following:
See the BED file specification as described by UCSC.
Annotation files contain three types of lines: browser lines, track lines and data lines.
Empty lines and those starting with '#' are ignored.
A track line begins with the word 'track', followed by one or more key=value pairs.
There are currently 16 key=value pairs recognized by UCSC, but other key=value pairs are allowed.
The key db=<UCSC_assembly_name> specifies the reference but must be a valid UCSC assembly ID such as hg19.
track name="CHP2_designed" description="Amplicon_Insert_CGP2" visibility=2 db=hg19
track name="CHP2_designed" description="Amplicon_Insert_CGP2" visibility=2 db=hg38
Include the key=value pair db=<UCSC_assembly_name> as shown in the example.
Define an additional key=value pair in the format reference=hg19 or reference=GRCh38.p2 and include it on the track line.
For hg19, including the key=value pair reference=hg19 is optional.
If a URI is desired, define an additional key=value pair in the format referenceURI=http://www.thermofisher.com/GRCh38.p2.fasta.