diff --git a/docs/RESULTS-DOCUMENTATION.md b/docs/RESULTS-DOCUMENTATION.md index a35d098..11ca247 100644 --- a/docs/RESULTS-DOCUMENTATION.md +++ b/docs/RESULTS-DOCUMENTATION.md @@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ score_interactions = True > Important: to calculate the score, all the cells present in the dataset are employed (steps 1-4). If microenvironmens are defined, the score (step) 5 will be calculated only for cells within the same microenvironment. # Input files +## Data format advice + +NOTE Please _do not use_ the following in any of your input (e.g. Counts and Meta) files: + +> Numeric cell type names (see [GitHub issue #148](https://github.com/ventolab/CellphoneDB/issues/148)) + +> Dashes ("-") in cell names (see [GitHub issue #144](https://github.com/ventolab/CellphoneDB/issues/144))) + ## Counts file For large datasets, do not use .txt files to input counts `test_counts.txt`. Please, input counts as h5ad (recommended), h5 or a path to a folder containing a 10x output with mtx/barcode/features files.