Purpose
Reads a SAM or BAM dataset and writes a file containing metrics about the statistical distribution of insert size (excluding duplicates) and generates a Histogram plot.
Dataset collections - processing large numbers of datasets at once
This will be added shortly
Inputs, outputs, and parameters
Either a SAM file or a BAM file must be supplied. Galaxy automatically coordinate-sorts all uploaded BAM files.
From Picard documentation( http://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/):
DEVIATIONS=Double Generate mean, sd and plots by trimming the data down to MEDIAN + DEVIATIONS*MEDIAN_ABSOLUTE_DEVIATION. This is done because insert size data typically includes enough anomalous values from chimeras and other artifacts to make the mean and sd grossly misleading regarding the real distribution. Default value: 10.0. HISTOGRAM_WIDTH=Integer W=Integer Explicitly sets the Histogram width, overriding automatic truncation of Histogram tail. Also, when calculating mean and standard deviation, only bins <= Histogram_WIDTH will be included. Default value: not set. MINIMUM_PCT=Float M=Float When generating the Histogram, discard any data categories (out of FR, TANDEM, RF) that have fewer than this percentage of overall reads. (Range: 0 to 1). Default value: 0.05. METRIC_ACCUMULATION_LEVEL=MetricAccumulationLevel LEVEL=MetricAccumulationLevel The level(s) at which to accumulate metrics. Possible values: {ALL_READS, SAMPLE, LIBRARY, READ_GROUP} This option may be specified 0 or more times. ASSUME_SORTED=Boolean AS=Boolean If true (default), then the sort order in the header file will be ignored. Default value: true. This option can be set to 'null' to clear the default value. Possible values: {true, false}
Additional information
Additional information about Picard tools is available from Picard web site at http://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/ .