qiime feature-table group (version 2019.4)

--i-table: ARTIFACT FeatureTable[Frequency] The table to group samples or features on. [required]:

--p-axis: :

--m-metadata-column: COLUMN MetadataColumn[Categorical] A column defining the groups. Each unique value will become a new ID for the table on the given `axis`. [required]:

--p-mode: :

--m-metadata-file [required]:

Group samples or features by a metadata column

Group samples or features in a feature table using metadata to define the mapping of IDs to a group.

Parameters

table : FeatureTable[Frequency]: The table to group samples or features on.
axis : Str % Choices('sample', 'feature'): Along which axis to group. Each ID in the given axis must exist in metadata.
metadata : MetadataColumn[Categorical]: A column defining the groups. Each unique value will become a new ID for the table on the given axis.
mode : Str % Choices('median-ceiling', 'mean-ceiling', 'sum'): How to combine samples or features within a group. sum will sum the frequencies across all samples or features within a group; mean- ceiling will take the ceiling of the mean of these frequencies; median-ceiling will take the ceiling of the median of these frequencies.

Returns

grouped_table : FeatureTable[Frequency]: A table that has been grouped along the given axis. IDs on that axis are replaced by values in the metadata column.