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File Upload

Upload files directly to Galaxy without connecting to an external system. Galaxy processes files and extracts structure, content, and metadata. File Upload source configuration

How to Connect

  1. Select File Upload as the Source type
  2. Upload files: Select files from your local system to upload
  3. Name the Source: Give your File Upload Source a name
Once created, Galaxy processes the uploaded files and extracts structure and content.

File Processing

Galaxy processes different file types:
  • Structured files: CSV, JSON, Excel, and other structured formats are parsed to extract columns, rows, and data structures
  • Unstructured documents: Text documents, PDFs, DOCX, and other formats are processed with:
    • Text extraction (preserving structure and layout)
    • OCR processing for image-based documents and scanned files
    • Entity extraction (dates, emails, URLs, phone numbers, measurements, etc.)
    • Normalization of extracted entities to standardized formats
  • Images: Image files are processed with OCR to extract text and metadata

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