Apply a filter chain to analysis results

You can apply a filter chain to the analysis results to further refine the view to only variants of interest in Ion Reporter™ Software. Filter chains are preinstalled or user-defined sets of one or more filters that remove variants from analysis results. You can apply only one filter chain at a time. For more information, see Filters and filter chains.

When you apply a filter chain to analysis results, the list of variants is filtered in real-time. You need to save the filter chain to have the filter chain immediately change the heat maps, other visualizations, and exported results of your variants of interest. If you do not save the filter chain on the Analysis Results, then the heat maps and other multiple analysis visualizations show the entire results.

  1. In the Analyses tab, click Overview.
  2. Select the link to the analysis of interest.
  3. In the Analysis Results screen, in the Filter Options pane, navigate to the Filter Chains list, then select a filter chain to apply it.

    The filtered variants results change.

  4. In the Filter Options pane, review the Variants counts.

    • Filtered In Variants—The number of variants that are included in the final report, if you publish the report at this point.

    • Hidden Variants—The number of variants that are hidden.

    • Filtered Out Variants—The number of variants that are removed from the final report, if you publish the report at this point, because of filter chain settings.

  5. (Optional) To save these changes to the analysis results, click Save Filter Chain.

    Saving the filter chain ensures that when reopening the same analysis, the newly saved filter chain is applied to the analysis results.