Workspace Window
The workspace window is the main launching point for all analyses in FlowJo. It is composed of three main parts: a set of function buttons at the top, a Group pane, and a Sample pane. The Group pane contains a list of all of the groups of samples which have been created. It always contains the All Samples group, to which all samples in the workspace belong. Any new group that you create will be listed here as well.
The Sample pane contains all of the samples (and their analyses) which belong to the selected group(s). See the graphic below for examples of what sorts of actions you can take from the workspace window and an explanation of the information presented in the workspace window.
In addition, the standard PC window operations (such as the close window box, the zoom box, scroll boxes) function as expected. The disclosure triangles (to the left of populations which have subsets or other analyses attached) function like those in Windows Explorer.
The header bar between the group and sample lists defines what information is shown in the Workspace. You can resize the columns by clicking on the vertical line between column names. You can delete columns or add new columns by selecting the Edit Columns... item from the Workspace menu. You can also sort the sample list by an alternate keyword value (instead of alpha-numerically by sample name) by selecting the Sort Sample List... menu item from the Workspace menu.
See the following topics for more information:
