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Upload files directly to Galaxy without connecting to an external system. Galaxy processes files and extracts structure, content, and metadata. File 1

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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.

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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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