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> ### Data Type Viewers
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> From within the FileManager under the option "Open'' and "Open With'' different data viewers can be chosen depending on the object type. Most but not all all objects can be opened with a table viewer.
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> Available Viewers:
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> - Table: A spreadsheet style table for multiple data objects (.b2g files)
> - RFAM Table: Shows the RFAM results obtained form the EBI
> - Fisher's Exact Test Result: Shows the enriched terms with tags: over and under
> - Mapping Results Table: Shows the GO mapping results of a particular sequence.


## File Types

From version 3.1 upwards the .b2g file type replaces the previous .dat file. The .dat files will still be supported for opening and export. All Blast2GO projects and results (enrichment results, charts, graphs, etc.) will be saved with the new file type .b2g. These files can be viewed and opened directly within the FileManager tab. All other file types can be opened form the FileManager via the system's default application.

1. .**b2g: **File type for all Blast2GO objects (project, results, id lists, etc.). Some Blast2GO objects can be opened with different viewers like for example the the Blast2GO Table or the Generic Table.
2. **.dat:** Legacy format for previous Blast2GO projects. This format was replaced in 2015 by the more flexible and performance .b2g format. The .dat format is still maintained for compatibility with older datasets and application versions as well as the Blast2GO plugins.

#### Create ID lists:

The table allows to create ID lists based on a selected column. Once the new ID list is created it can be saved as ID object. These objects can then be used for selections (Toolbar: Select Sequences) as well as to determine the test and reference set of an enrichment analysis.

#### The Blast2GO Sequence Table

The Blast2GO sequence table shows the details and progression of the analysis for the loaded sequence dataset. This table is the one that is opened when loading sequences to Blast2GO. The rows are colored according to the analysis progress. The table allows to hide or show single columns via a checkbox menu by right-clicking on the column header.

Each row represents a query sequence and has the following fields, which are filled with information as it is generated by the application:

- Check box.
- Sequence Name.
- Hit description.
- Sequence Length.
- Number of hits.
- E-value of the best BLAST hit.
- Mean similarity value for the BLAST results. This value is computed as the average hsp-similarity value for all the hits of a given sequence.
- Number of mapped GOs.
- GO ID list associated to the sequence.
- GO Names list
- Enzyme Code (EC) associated to the sequence.
- InterProScan results.
- Context menu of the generic table which allows to extract, copy or convert entries.