8.7 Files Required Before Analysis

• Complete metagenomic analysis normally requires paired-end FASTQ files, a host reference genome, and metadata.tsv.
• Downstream-only analysis normally requires an abundance, pathway, ASV, or other analysable table together with metadata.tsv.
• Deep-learning or sequence tasks may require protein FASTA or another model-specific input.
• Support requests should include the observed error, task state, and relevant logs so the problem can be diagnosed efficiently.