In the following specific situation, it can occur that incorrect search settings are associated and stored together with the persistent analysis results of an assay:
Choose an initial set A of search settings
Start the analysis with respect to these settings and wait for the analysis to complete
Choose a different set B of search settings (if missed cleavage handling is enabled, the issue will arise more frequently since it takes longer to perform the analysis in that case).
Start the analysis and close the application in the middle of the analysis
If you restart the application, the assay will appear to have been analysed with set B of search settings, but the results are actually the ones associated with set A of search settings.
This issue occurs because the search settings in the database table are already updated when the analysis is started, but are not reverted when the analysis crashes or stops while it's still in progress.
pverscha
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3 years ago
In the following specific situation, it can occur that incorrect search settings are associated and stored together with the persistent analysis results of an assay:
If you restart the application, the assay will appear to have been analysed with set B of search settings, but the results are actually the ones associated with set A of search settings.
This issue occurs because the search settings in the database table are already updated when the analysis is started, but are not reverted when the analysis crashes or stops while it's still in progress.