Separate input values files

[antgonza]

Currently, in the same file you need to have the 3D value point and the values to plot in the model. I think a better way to go about this is to have:

• The model (stl)
• The sample names and position in 3D (csv) -- we could even perhaps merge this and the previous one
• Multiple input formats where you have different information (rows vs features).

I believe this will be more convenient because the first 2 only are needed once but the 3rd kind can hold different kinds of values and could constantly change: family or species level taxonomic information, metobolomics, PCoA axes, etc.

[theodev]

actually this is what we had at the beginning. we converted to using just 1 CSV file, because it improved usability

anyway thanks for the idea, we will discuss it internally

[antgonza]

Ahh OK, then perhaps use 3 files. The issue of having the points together with the values to display is that if you have different datasets (for example: 16S and metabolomics) you will need to add the points to both files or merge those files into 1 which could become painful for the users. Having them separate will mean that you can simply load each one independently.