The first thing to do in your brand new project is to import Result Files.

You can either double-click on your project to open its panel, or right-click on your project in the project tree. You can then click on the “Import Result File” button

A new tab opens and displays this panel :

It allows you to select Result Files and set up following parameters for the import process :

• Parameters
  • Software Engine : the software which generated your interrogation file
  • Instrument : mass-spectrometer used for sample analysis
  • Peaklist Software : the software used for the peaklist creation

• Decoy Parameters
  • Decoy Strategy : TODO
  • Protein Match Decoy Rule : TODO

• Parser Parameters : according to your Software Engine, this will display some extra-parameters.
  • Mascot :
    • Ion Score Cutoff : TODO
    • Subset Threshold : TODO
    • Mascot Server URL : TODO
  • Omssa :
    • User mod file : TODO
    • PTM Composition File : TODO

In order to add files to your import selection, click on “Select Result File” to open the File Browser that will let you choose one or many result files to import :

The left side let you browse the directories, and when you click on one of them, its content is shown on the main panel. Choose one or multiple files then click “Ok”.

Back to the “Import Result File” window, you should now see your selection appear in the grid. Choose the instrument and the peaklist software corresponding to your files, and then select a “Decoy Strategy”. You can now click on “Start Import” to launch the check and the import tasks.

The server will check your files first, then the import itself will be launched automatically.

You can follow the current state of your tasks by clicking on the Tasks button at the bottom of the Project Tree panel.

It will open the Tasks Panel, listing all the tasks you've been running in Proline.

When a task is done, you are notified by a small message in the top of the screen, and you can see its status in the tasks window :

All the Result Files you have imported are listed in the “Search Results” panel you can access by double-clicking the “Search Results” node in your project's tree.