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CollectVariantCallingMetrics (Picard)

Collects per-sample and aggregate (spanning all samples) metrics from the provided VCF file.

Category Diagnostics and Quality Control


Overview

Collects summary and per-sample metrics about variant calls in a VCF file.

CollectVariantCallingMetrics (Picard) specific arguments

This table summarizes the command-line arguments that are specific to this tool. For more details on each argument, see the list further down below the table or click on an argument name to jump directly to that entry in the list.

Argument name(s) Default value Summary
Required Arguments
--DBSNP
null Reference dbSNP file in dbSNP or VCF format.
--INPUT
 -I
null Input vcf file for analysis
--OUTPUT
 -O
null Path (except for the file extension) of output metrics files to write.
Optional Tool Arguments
--arguments_file
[] read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line
--GVCF_INPUT
false Set to true if running on a single-sample gvcf.
--help
 -h
false display the help message
--SEQUENCE_DICTIONARY
 -SD
null If present, speeds loading of dbSNP file, will look for dictionary in vcf if not present here.
--TARGET_INTERVALS
 -TI
null Target intervals to restrict analysis to.
--THREAD_COUNT
1 Undocumented option
--version
false display the version number for this tool
Optional Common Arguments
--COMPRESSION_LEVEL
5 Compression level for all compressed files created (e.g. BAM and VCF).
--CREATE_INDEX
false Whether to create a BAM index when writing a coordinate-sorted BAM file.
--CREATE_MD5_FILE
false Whether to create an MD5 digest for any BAM or FASTQ files created.
--GA4GH_CLIENT_SECRETS
client_secrets.json Google Genomics API client_secrets.json file path.
--MAX_RECORDS_IN_RAM
500000 When writing files that need to be sorted, this will specify the number of records stored in RAM before spilling to disk. Increasing this number reduces the number of file handles needed to sort the file, and increases the amount of RAM needed.
--QUIET
false Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err.
--REFERENCE_SEQUENCE
 -R
null Reference sequence file.
--TMP_DIR
[] One or more directories with space available to be used by this program for temporary storage of working files
--USE_JDK_DEFLATER
 -use_jdk_deflater
false Use the JDK Deflater instead of the Intel Deflater for writing compressed output
--USE_JDK_INFLATER
 -use_jdk_inflater
false Use the JDK Inflater instead of the Intel Inflater for reading compressed input
--VALIDATION_STRINGENCY
STRICT Validation stringency for all SAM files read by this program. Setting stringency to SILENT can improve performance when processing a BAM file in which variable-length data (read, qualities, tags) do not otherwise need to be decoded.
--VERBOSITY
INFO Control verbosity of logging.
Advanced Arguments
--showHidden
false display hidden arguments

Argument details

Arguments in this list are specific to this tool. Keep in mind that other arguments are available that are shared with other tools (e.g. command-line GATK arguments); see Inherited arguments above.


--arguments_file / NA

read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line

List[File]  []


--COMPRESSION_LEVEL / NA

Compression level for all compressed files created (e.g. BAM and VCF).

int  5  [ [ -∞  ∞ ] ]


--CREATE_INDEX / NA

Whether to create a BAM index when writing a coordinate-sorted BAM file.

Boolean  false


--CREATE_MD5_FILE / NA

Whether to create an MD5 digest for any BAM or FASTQ files created.

boolean  false


--DBSNP / NA

Reference dbSNP file in dbSNP or VCF format.

R File  null


--GA4GH_CLIENT_SECRETS / NA

Google Genomics API client_secrets.json file path.

String  client_secrets.json


--GVCF_INPUT / NA

Set to true if running on a single-sample gvcf.

boolean  false


--help / -h

display the help message

boolean  false


--INPUT / -I

Input vcf file for analysis

R File  null


--MAX_RECORDS_IN_RAM / NA

When writing files that need to be sorted, this will specify the number of records stored in RAM before spilling to disk. Increasing this number reduces the number of file handles needed to sort the file, and increases the amount of RAM needed.

Integer  500000  [ [ -∞  ∞ ] ]


--OUTPUT / -O

Path (except for the file extension) of output metrics files to write.

R File  null


--QUIET / NA

Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err.

Boolean  false


--REFERENCE_SEQUENCE / -R

Reference sequence file.

File  null


--SEQUENCE_DICTIONARY / -SD

If present, speeds loading of dbSNP file, will look for dictionary in vcf if not present here.

File  null


--showHidden / -showHidden

display hidden arguments

boolean  false


--TARGET_INTERVALS / -TI

Target intervals to restrict analysis to.

File  null


--THREAD_COUNT / NA

Undocumented option

int  1  [ [ -∞  ∞ ] ]


--TMP_DIR / NA

One or more directories with space available to be used by this program for temporary storage of working files

List[File]  []


--USE_JDK_DEFLATER / -use_jdk_deflater

Use the JDK Deflater instead of the Intel Deflater for writing compressed output

Boolean  false


--USE_JDK_INFLATER / -use_jdk_inflater

Use the JDK Inflater instead of the Intel Inflater for reading compressed input

Boolean  false


--VALIDATION_STRINGENCY / NA

Validation stringency for all SAM files read by this program. Setting stringency to SILENT can improve performance when processing a BAM file in which variable-length data (read, qualities, tags) do not otherwise need to be decoded.

The --VALIDATION_STRINGENCY argument is an enumerated type (ValidationStringency), which can have one of the following values:

STRICT
LENIENT
SILENT

ValidationStringency  STRICT


--VERBOSITY / NA

Control verbosity of logging.

The --VERBOSITY argument is an enumerated type (LogLevel), which can have one of the following values:

ERROR
WARNING
INFO
DEBUG

LogLevel  INFO


--version / NA

display the version number for this tool

boolean  false


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