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title: "systemPipeR: Workflow design and reporting generation environment" 
author: "Author: Daniela Cassol (danielac@ucr.edu) and Thomas Girke (thomas.girke@ucr.edu)"
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```{r setup, echo=FALSE, message=FALSE, warning=FALSE}
suppressPackageStartupMessages({
    library(systemPipeR)
    library(BiocParallel)
    library(Biostrings)
    library(Rsamtools)
    library(GenomicRanges)
    library(ggplot2)
    library(GenomicAlignments)
    library(ShortRead)
    library(ape)
    library(batchtools)
    library(magrittr)
})
```

**Note:** if you use _`systemPipeR`_ in published research, please cite:
Backman, T.W.H and Girke, T. (2016). _`systemPipeR`_: NGS Workflow and Report Generation Environment. *BMC Bioinformatics*, 17: 388. [10.1186/s12859-016-1241-0](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-016-1241-0).

# Introduction

[_`systemPipeR`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/systemPipeR.html) provides utilities for building and running automated end-to-end analysis workflows for a wide range of research applications, including next-generation sequencing (NGS) experiments, such as RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, VAR-Seq and Ribo-Seq [@H_Backman2016-bt]. Important features include a uniform workflow interface across different data analysis applications, automated report generation, and support for running both R and command-line software, such as NGS aligners or peak/variant callers, on local computers or compute clusters (Figure 1). The latter supports interactive job submissions and batch submissions to queuing systems of clusters. For instance, _`systemPipeR`_ can be used with most command-line aligners such as `BWA` [@Li2013-oy; @Li2009-oc], `HISAT2` [@Kim2015-ve], `TopHat2` [@Kim2013-vg] and `Bowtie2` [@Langmead2012-bs], as well as the R-based NGS aligners [_`Rsubread`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/Rsubread.html) [@Liao2013-bn] and [_`gsnap (gmapR)`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/gmapR.html) [@Wu2010-iq]. Efficient handling of complex sample sets (_e.g._ FASTQ/BAM files) and experimental designs are facilitated by a well-defined sample annotation infrastructure which improves reproducibility and user-friendliness of many typical analysis workflows in the NGS area [@Lawrence2013-kt]. 

The main motivation and advantages of using _`systemPipeR`_ for complex data analysis tasks are:

1. Facilitates the design of complex NGS workflows involving multiple R/Bioconductor packages
2. Common workflow interface for different NGS applications
3. Makes NGS analysis with Bioconductor utilities more accessible to new users
4. Simplifies usage of command-line software from within R
5. Reduces the complexity of using compute clusters for R and command-line software
6. Accelerates runtime of workflows via parallelization on computer systems with multiple CPU cores and/or multiple compute nodes
6. Improves reproducibility by automating analyses and generation of analysis reports 

<center><img src="utilities.png"></center>

**Figure 1:** Relevant features in _`systemPipeR`_.
Workflow design concepts are illustrated under (A & B). Examples of
*systemPipeR’s* visualization functionalities are given under (C). </br>

A central concept for designing workflows within the _`systemPipeR`_ environment 
is the use of workflow management containers. In previous versions, _`systemPipeR`_ 
used a custom command-line interface called _`SYSargs`_ (see Figure 3) and for 
this purpose will continue to be supported for some time. With the latest [Bioconductor Release 3.9](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/systemPipeR.html), 
we are adopting for this functionality the widely used community standard 
[Common Workflow Language](https://www.commonwl.org/) (CWL) for describing 
analysis workflows in a generic and reproducible manner, introducing _`SYSargs2`_
workflow control class (see Figure 2). Using this community standard in _`systemPipeR`_
has many advantages. For instance, the integration of CWL allows running _`systemPipeR`_
workflows from a single specification instance either entirely from within R, from various command-line
wrappers (e.g., *cwl-runner*) or from other languages (*, e.g.,* Bash or Python).
_`systemPipeR`_ includes support for both command-line and R/Bioconductor software 
as well as resources for containerization, parallel evaluations on computer clusters 
along with the automated generation of interactive analysis reports.

An important feature of _`systemPipeR's`_ CWL interface is that it provides two
options to run command-line tools and workflows based on CWL. First, one can
run CWL in its native way via an R-based wrapper utility for *cwl-runner* or
*cwl-tools* (CWL-based approach). Second, one can run workflows using CWL's
command-line and workflow instructions from within R (R-based approach). In the
latter case the same CWL workflow definition files (*e.g.* `*.cwl` and `*.yml`)
are used but rendered and executed entirely with R functions defined by
_`systemPipeR`_, and thus use CWL mainly as a command-line and workflow
definition format rather than software to run workflows. In this regard
_`systemPipeR`_ also provides several convenience functions that are useful for
designing and debugging workflows, such as a command-line rendering function to
retrieve the exact command-line strings for each data set and processing step
prior to running a command-line.

This overview introduces the design of a new CWL S4 class in _`systemPipeR`_, 
as well as the custom command-line interface, combined with the overview of all
the common analysis steps of NGS experiments.

## Workflow design structure using _`SYSargs2`_ 

The flexibility of _`systemPipeR's`_ new interface workflow control class is the driving factor behind 
the use of as many steps necessary for the analysis, as well as the connection 
between command-line- or R-based software. The connectivity among all
workflow steps is achieved by the _`SYSargs2`_ workflow control class (see Figure 3).
This S4 class is a list-like container where each instance stores all the
input/output paths and parameter components required for a particular data
analysis step. _`SYSargs2`_ instances are generated by two constructor
functions, *loadWorkflow* and *renderWF*, using as data input *targets* or
*yaml* files as well as two *cwl* parameter files (for details see below). When
running preconfigured workflows, the only input the user needs to provide is
the initial *targets* file containing the paths to the input files (*e.g.*
FASTQ) along with unique sample labels. Subsequent targets instances are
created automatically. The parameters required for running command-line
software is provided by the parameter (*.cwl*) files described below. 

We also introduce the *`SYSargs2Pipe`* class that organizes one or many
SYSargs2 containers in a single compound object capturing all information
required to run, control and monitor complex workflows from start to finish. This
design enhances the *`systemPipeR`* workflow framework with a generalized,
flexible, and robust design.

<center><img src="SYSargs2.png"></center>

**Figure 2:** Workflow steps with input/output file operations are controlled by 
_`SYSargs2`_ objects. Each _`SYSargs2`_ instance is constructed from one *targets* 
and two *param* files. The only input provided by the user is the initial *targets* 
file. Subsequent *targets* instances are created automatically, from the previous 
output files. Any number of predefined or custom workflow steps are supported. One
or many _`SYSargs2`_ objects are organized in an *`SYSargs2Pipe`* container.

## Workflow design structure using _`SYSargs`_: Previous version

Instances of this S4 object class are constructed by the _`systemArgs`_ function 
from two simple tabular files: a _`targets`_ file and a _`param`_ file. The latter
is optional for workflow steps lacking command-line software. Typically, a 
_`SYSargs`_ instance stores all sample-level inputs as well as the paths to the 
corresponding outputs generated by command-line- or R-based software generating 
sample-level output files, such as read preprocessors (trimmed/filtered FASTQ 
files), aligners (SAM/BAM files), variant callers (VCF/BCF files) or peak callers 
(BED/WIG files). Each sample level input/output operation uses its own _`SYSargs`_ 
instance. The outpaths of _`SYSargs`_ usually define the sample inputs for the 
next _`SYSargs`_ instance. This connectivity is established by writing the 
outpaths with the _`writeTargetsout`_ function to a new _`targets`_ file that 
serves as input to the next _`systemArgs`_ call. Typically, the user has to 
provide only the initial _`targets`_ file. All downstream _`targets`_ files are 
generated automatically. By chaining several _`SYSargs`_ steps together one can 
construct complex workflows involving many sample-level input/output file 
operations with any combination of command-line or R-based software. 

<center><img src="SystemPipeR_Workflow.png"></center>

**Figure 3:** Workflow design structure of _`systemPipeR`_ using _`SYSargs`_. 

# Getting Started

## Installation

The R software for running [_`systemPipeR`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/systemPipeR.html) can be downloaded from [_CRAN_](http://cran.at.r-project.org/). The _`systemPipeR`_ environment can be installed from the R console using the [_`BiocManager::install`_](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BiocManager/index.html) command. The associated data package [_`systemPipeRdata`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/html/systemPipeRdata.html) can be installed the same way. The latter is a helper package for generating _`systemPipeR`_ workflow environments with a single command containing all parameter files and sample data required to quickly test and run workflows. 

```{r install, eval=FALSE}
if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly=TRUE)) install.packages("BiocManager")
BiocManager::install("systemPipeR")
BiocManager::install("systemPipeRdata")
```

## Loading package and documentation

```{r documentation, eval=FALSE}
library("systemPipeR") # Loads the package
library(help="systemPipeR") # Lists package info
vignette("systemPipeR") # Opens vignette
```

## Load sample data and workflow templates

The mini sample FASTQ files used by this overview vignette as well as the 
associated workflow reporting vignettes can be loaded via the _`systemPipeRdata`_ 
package as shown below. The chosen data set [`SRP010938`](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/?term=SRP010938) 
obtains 18 paired-end (PE) read sets from _Arabidposis thaliana_ [@Howard2013-fq]. 
To minimize processing time during testing, each FASTQ file has been subsetted to 
90,000-100,000 randomly sampled PE reads that map to the first 100,000 nucleotides 
of each chromosome of the _A. thalina_ genome. The corresponding reference genome 
sequence (FASTA) and its GFF annotation files (provided in the same download) have 
been truncated accordingly. This way the entire test sample data set requires 
less than 200MB disk storage space. A PE read set has been chosen for this test 
data set for flexibility, because it can be used for testing both types of analysis 
routines requiring either SE (single-end) reads or PE reads. 

The following generates a fully populated _`systemPipeR`_ workflow environment 
(here for RNA-Seq) in the current working directory of an R session. At this time 
the package includes workflow templates for RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, VAR-Seq, and Ribo-Seq. 
Templates for additional NGS applications will be provided in the future.

```{r genRna_workflow, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="rnaseq")
setwd("rnaseq")
```

## Directory Structure

The working environment of the sample data loaded in the previous step contains
the following pre-configured directory structure (Figure 4). Directory names are indicated
in  <span style="color:grey">***green***</span>. Users can change this
structure as needed, but need to adjust the code in their workflows
accordingly. 

* <span style="color:green">_**workflow/**_</span> (*e.g.* *rnaseq/*) 
    + This is the root directory of the R session running the workflow.
    + Run script ( *\*.Rmd*) and sample annotation (*targets.txt*) files are located here.
    + Note, this directory can have any name (*e.g.* <span style="color:green">_**rnaseq**_</span>, <span style="color:green">_**varseq**_</span>). Changing its name does not require any modifications in the run script(s).
  + **Important subdirectories**: 
    + <span style="color:green">_**param/**_</span> 
        + Stores non-CWL parameter files such as: *\*.param*, *\*.tmpl* and *\*.run.sh*. These files are only required for backwards compatibility to run old workflows using the previous custom command-line interface.
        + <span style="color:green">_**param/cwl/**_</span>: This subdirectory stores all the CWL parameter files. To organize workflows, each can have its own subdirectory, where all `CWL param` and `input.yml` files need to be in the same subdirectory. 
    + <span style="color:green">_**data/**_ </span>
        + FASTQ files
        + FASTA file of reference (*e.g.* reference genome)
        + Annotation files
        + etc.
    + <span style="color:green">_**results/**_</span>
        + Analysis results are usually written to this directory, including: alignment, variant and peak files (BAM, VCF, BED); tabular result files; and image/plot files
        + Note, the user has the option to organize results files for a given sample and analysis step in a separate subdirectory.

<center><img src="directory.png"></center>

**Figure 4:** *systemPipeR's* preconfigured directory structure.

The following parameter files are included in each workflow template:

1. *`targets.txt`*: initial one provided by user; downstream *`targets_*.txt`* files are generated automatically
2. *`*.param/cwl`*: defines parameter for input/output file operations, *e.g.*:
    + *`hisat2-se/hisat2-mapping-se.cwl`* 
    + *`hisat2-se/hisat2-mapping-se.yml`*
3. *`*_run.sh`*: optional bash scripts 
4. Configuration files for computer cluster environments (skip on single machines):
    + *`.batchtools.conf.R`*: defines the type of scheduler for *`batchtools`* pointing to template file of cluster, and located in user's home directory
    + *`*.tmpl`*: specifies parameters of scheduler used by a system, *e.g.* Torque, SGE, Slurm, etc.

## Structure of _`targets`_ file

The _`targets`_ file defines all input files (_e.g._ FASTQ, BAM, BCF) and sample 
comparisons of an analysis workflow. The following shows the format of a sample 
_`targets`_ file included in the package. It also can be viewed and downloaded 
from _`systemPipeR`_'s GitHub repository [here](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeR/blob/master/inst/extdata/targets.txt). 
In a target file with a single type of input files, here FASTQ files of single-end (SE) reads, the first three columns are mandatory including their column
names, while it is four mandatory columns for FASTQ files of PE reads. All 
subsequent columns are optional and any number of additional columns can be added as needed.

Users should note here, the usage of targets files is optional when using
*systemPipeR's* new CWL interface. They can be replaced by a standard YAML
input file used by CWL. Since for organizing experimental variables targets
files are extremely useful and user-friendly. Thus, we encourage users to keep using 
them. 

### Structure of _`targets`_ file for single-end (SE) samples

```{r targetsSE, eval=TRUE}
library(systemPipeR)
targetspath <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR") 
read.delim(targetspath, comment.char = "#")[1:4,]
```

To work with custom data, users need to generate a _`targets`_ file containing 
the paths to their own FASTQ files and then provide under _`targetspath`_ the
path to the corresponding _`targets`_ file. 

### Structure of _`targets`_ file for paired-end (PE) samples

For paired-end (PE) samples, the structure of the targets file is similar, where
users need to provide two FASTQ path columns: *`FileName1`* and *`FileName2`* 
with the paths to the PE FASTQ files. 

```{r targetsPE, eval=TRUE}
targetspath <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package="systemPipeR")
read.delim(targetspath, comment.char = "#")[1:2,1:6]
```

### Sample comparisons

Sample comparisons are defined in the header lines of the _`targets`_ file 
starting with '``# <CMP>``'. 

```{r comment_lines, echo=TRUE}
readLines(targetspath)[1:4]
```

The function _`readComp`_ imports the comparison information and stores it in a 
_`list`_. Alternatively, _`readComp`_ can obtain the comparison information from 
the corresponding _`SYSargs`_ object (see below). Note, these header lines are 
optional. They are mainly useful for controlling comparative analyses according 
to certain biological expectations, such as identifying differentially expressed
genes in RNA-Seq experiments based on simple pair-wise comparisons.
 
```{r targetscomp, eval=TRUE}
readComp(file=targetspath, format="vector", delim="-")
```

## Structure of the new _`param`_ files and construct _`SYSargs2`_ container

_`SYSargs2`_ stores all the information and instructions needed for processing
a set of input files with a single or many command-line steps within a workflow
(*i.e.* several components of the software or several independent software tools).
The _`SYSargs2`_ object is created and fully populated with the *loadWorkflow* 
and *renderWF* functions, respectively. 

In CWL, files with the extension *`.cwl`* define the parameters of a chosen 
command-line step or workflow, while files with the extension *`.yml`* define 
the input variables of command-line steps. Note, input variables provided
by a *targets* file can be passed on to a _`SYSargs2`_ instance via the *inputvars* 
argument of the *renderWF* function. 

```{r CWL_structure, echo = FALSE, eval=FALSE}
hisat2.cwl <- system.file("extdata", "cwl/hisat2/hisat2-se/hisat2-mapping-se.cwl", package="systemPipeR")
yaml::read_yaml(hisat2.cwl)
```

```{r yaml_structure, echo = FALSE, eval=FALSE}
hisat2.yml <- system.file("extdata", "cwl/hisat2/hisat2-se/hisat2-mapping-se.yml", package="systemPipeR")
yaml::read_yaml(hisat2.yml)
```

The following imports a *`.cwl`* file (here *`hisat2-mapping-se.cwl`*) for running
the short read aligner HISAT2 [@Kim2015-ve]. The *loadWorkflow* and *renderWF* 
functions render the proper command-line strings for each sample and software tool.

```{r SYSargs2_structure, eval=TRUE}
library(systemPipeR)
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/hisat2/hisat2-se", package="systemPipeR")
WF <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="hisat2-mapping-se.cwl",
                   input_file="hisat2-mapping-se.yml",
                   dir_path=dir_path)

WF <- renderWF(WF, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
```

Several accessor methods are available that are named after the slot names of the _`SYSargs2`_ object. 
```{r names_WF, eval=TRUE}
names(WF)
```

Of particular interest is the *`cmdlist()`* method. It constructs the system
commands for running command-line software as specified by a given *`.cwl`*
file combined with the paths to the input samples (*e.g.* FASTQ files) provided
by a *`targets`* file. The example below shows the *`cmdlist()`* output for
running HISAT2 on the first SE read sample. Evaluating the output of
*`cmdlist()`* can be very helpful for designing and debugging *`.cwl`* files
of new command-line software or changing the parameter settings of existing
ones.  

```{r cmdlist, eval=TRUE}
cmdlist(WF)[1]
```

The output components of _`SYSargs2`_ define the expected output files for 
each step in the workflow; some of which are the input for the next workflow step, 
here next _`SYSargs2`_ instance (see Figure 2).

```{r output_WF, eval=TRUE}
output(WF)[1]
modules(WF)
targets(WF)[1]
targets.as.df(targets(WF))[1:4,1:4]
output(WF)[1]
cwlfiles(WF)
inputvars(WF)
```

In an 'R-centric' rather than a 'CWL-centric' workflow design the connectivity
among workflow steps is established by writing all relevant output with the
*writeTargetsout* function to a new targets file that serves as input to the
next *loadWorkflow* and *renderWF* call. By chaining several _`SYSargs2`_ steps
together one can construct complex workflows involving many sample-level
input/output file operations with any combination of command-line or R-based
software. Alternatively, a CWL-centric workflow design can be used that defines
all/most workflow steps with CWL workflow and parameter files. Due to time and
space restrictions, the CWL-centric approach is not covered by this tutorial. 

## Structure of _`param`_ file and _`SYSargs`_ container (Previous version)

The _`param`_ file defines the parameters of a chosen command-line software. 
The following shows the format of a sample _`param`_ file provided by this package. 

```{r param_structure, eval=TRUE}
parampath <- system.file("extdata", "tophat.param", package="systemPipeR")
read.delim(parampath, comment.char = "#")
```

The _`systemArgs`_ function imports the definitions of both the _`param`_ file
and the _`targets`_ file, and stores all relevant information in a _`SYSargs`_
object (S4 class). To run the pipeline without command-line software, one can
assign _`NULL`_ to _`sysma`_ instead of a _`param`_ file. In addition, one can
start _`systemPipeR`_ workflows with pre-generated BAM files by providing a
targets file where the _`FileName`_ column provides the paths to the BAM files.
Note, in the following example the usage of _`suppressWarnings()`_ is only relevant for 
building this vignette. In typical workflows it should be removed.

```{r param_import, eval=TRUE}
targetspath <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR") 
args <- suppressWarnings(systemArgs(sysma=parampath, mytargets=targetspath))
args
```

Several accessor methods are available that are named after the slot names of the _`SYSargs`_ object. 

```{r sysarg_access, eval=TRUE}
names(args)
```

Of particular interest is the _`sysargs()`_ method. It constructs the system
commands for running command-lined software as specified by a given _`param`_
file combined with the paths to the input samples (_e.g._ FASTQ files) provided
by a _`targets`_ file. The example below shows the _`sysargs()`_ output for
running TopHat2 on the first PE read sample. Evaluating the output of
_`sysargs()`_ can be very helpful for designing and debugging _`param`_ files
of new command-line software or changing the parameter settings of existing
ones.  

```{r sysarg_access2, eval=TRUE}
sysargs(args)[1]
modules(args)
cores(args)
outpaths(args)[1]
```

The content of the _`param`_ file can also be returned as JSON object as follows (requires _`rjson`_ package).

```{r sysarg_json, eval=TRUE}
systemArgs(sysma=parampath, mytargets=targetspath, type="json")
```

# Workflow steps overview

## Define environment settings and samples

A typical workflow starts with generating the expected working environment
containing the proper directory structure, input files, and parameter settings.
To simplify this task, one can load one of the existing NGS workflows templates
provided by _`systemPipeRdata`_ into the current working directory. The
following does this for the _`rnaseq`_ template. The name of the resulting
workflow directory can be specified under the _`mydirname`_ argument. The
default _`NULL`_ uses the name of the chosen workflow. An error is issued if a
directory of the same name and path exists already. On Linux and OS X systems
one can also create new workflow instances from the command-line of a terminal as shown
[here](http://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/vignettes/systemPipeRdata/inst/doc/systemPipeRdata.html#generate-workflow-template).
To apply workflows to custom data, the user needs to modify the _`targets`_ file and if
necessary update the corresponding _`.cwl`_ and _`.yml`_ files. A collection of pre-generated _`.cwl`_ and _`.yml`_ files are provided in the _`param/cwl`_ subdirectory of each workflow template. They
are also viewable in the GitHub repository of _`systemPipeRdata`_ ([see
here](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/tree/master/inst/extdata/param)).

```{r load_package, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeR)
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="rnaseq", mydirname=NULL)
setwd("rnaseq")
```

## Read Preprocessing

### Preprocessing with _`preprocessReads`_ function

The function _`preprocessReads`_ allows to apply predefined or custom
read preprocessing functions to all FASTQ files referenced in a
_`SYSargs2`_ container, such as quality filtering or adaptor trimming
routines. The paths to the resulting output FASTQ files are stored in the
_`output`_ slot of the _`SYSargs2`_ object. Internally,
_`preprocessReads`_ uses the _`FastqStreamer`_ function from
the _`ShortRead`_ package to stream through large FASTQ files in a
memory-efficient manner. The following example performs adaptor trimming with
the _`trimLRPatterns`_ function from the _`Biostrings`_ package.
After the trimming step a new targets file is generated (here
_`targets_trimPE.txt`_) containing the paths to the trimmed FASTQ files.
The new targets file can be used for the next workflow step with an updated
_`SYSargs2`_ instance, _e.g._ running the NGS alignments with the
trimmed FASTQ files.

Construct _`SYSargs2`_ object from _`cwl`_ and _`yml`_ param and _`targets`_ files.

```{r construct_SYSargs2_trim-se, echo = FALSE, eval=FALSE}
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/preprocessReads/trim-se", package="systemPipeR")
trim <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="trim-se.cwl", input_file="trim-se.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
trim <- renderWF(trim, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
trim
```

```{r construct_SYSargs2_trim-pe, eval=FALSE}
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/preprocessReads/trim-pe", package="systemPipeR")
trim <- loadWorkflow(targets=targetsPE, wf_file="trim-pe.cwl", input_file="trim-pe.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
trim <- renderWF(trim, inputvars=c(FileName1="_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2="_FASTQ_PATH2_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
trim
output(trim)[1:2]
```

```{r preprocessing, eval=FALSE}
preprocessReads(args=trim, Fct="trimLRPatterns(Rpattern='GCCCGGGTAA', 
                subject=fq)", batchsize=100000, overwrite=TRUE, compress=TRUE)
```

The following example shows how one can design a custom read preprocessing function 
using utilities provided by the _`ShortRead`_ package, and then run it
in batch mode with the _'preprocessReads'_ function (here on paired-end reads).

```{r custom_preprocessing, eval=FALSE}
filterFct <- function(fq, cutoff=20, Nexceptions=0) {
    qcount <- rowSums(as(quality(fq), "matrix") <= cutoff, na.rm=TRUE)
    # Retains reads where Phred scores are >= cutoff with N exceptions
    fq[qcount <= Nexceptions] 
}
preprocessReads(args=trim, Fct="filterFct(fq, cutoff=20, Nexceptions=0)", 
                batchsize=100000)
```

### Preprocessing with TrimGalore!

[TrimGalore!](http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/trim_galore/) is 
a wrapper tool to consistently apply quality and adapter trimming to fastq files, 
with some extra functionality for removing Reduced Representation Bisulfite-Seq 
(RRBS) libraries. 

```{r trimGalore, eval=FALSE}
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/trim_galore/trim_galore-se", package="systemPipeR")
trimG <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="trim_galore-se.cwl", input_file="trim_galore-se.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
trimG <- renderWF(trimG, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
trimG
cmdlist(trimG)[1:2]
output(trimG)[1:2]
## Run Single Machine Option
trimG <- runCommandline(trimG[1], make_bam = FALSE)
```

### Preprocessing with Trimmomatic

```{r trimmomatic, eval=FALSE}
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/trimmomatic/trimmomatic-pe", package="systemPipeR")
trimM <- loadWorkflow(targets=targetsPE, wf_file="trimmomatic-pe.cwl", input_file="trimmomatic-pe.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
trimM <- renderWF(trimM, inputvars=c(FileName1="_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2="_FASTQ_PATH2_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
trimM
cmdlist(trimM)[1:2]
output(trimM)[1:2]
## Run Single Machine Option
trimM <- runCommandline(trimM[1], make_bam = FALSE)
```

## FASTQ quality report

The following _`seeFastq`_ and _`seeFastqPlot`_ functions generate and plot a series of
useful quality statistics for a set of FASTQ files including per cycle quality
box plots, base proportions, base-level quality trends, relative k-mer
diversity, length and occurrence distribution of reads, number of reads above
quality cutoffs and mean quality distribution.  
The function _`seeFastq`_ computes the quality statistics and stores the results in a
relatively small list object that can be saved to disk with _`save()`_ and
reloaded with _`load()`_ for later plotting. The argument _`klength`_ specifies the
k-mer length and _`batchsize`_ the number of reads to a random sample from each
FASTQ file.

```{r fastq_quality, eval=FALSE}
fqlist <- seeFastq(fastq=infile1(trim), batchsize=10000, klength=8)
pdf("./results/fastqReport.pdf", height=18, width=4*length(fqlist))
seeFastqPlot(fqlist)
dev.off()
```

<center><img src="fastqReport.png"></center>
<div align="center">**Figure 5:** FASTQ quality report </div></br>

Parallelization of FASTQ quality report on a single machine with multiple cores.

```{r fastq_quality_parallel_single, eval=FALSE}
f <- function(x) seeFastq(fastq=infile1(trim)[x], batchsize=100000, klength=8)
fqlist <- bplapply(seq(along=trim), f, BPPARAM = MulticoreParam(workers=4))
seeFastqPlot(unlist(fqlist, recursive=FALSE))
```

Parallelization of FASTQ quality report via scheduler (_e.g._ Slurm) across several compute nodes.

```{r fastq_quality_parallel_cluster, eval=FALSE}
library(BiocParallel); library(batchtools)
f <- function(x) {
  library(systemPipeR)
  targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package="systemPipeR")
  dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/preprocessReads/trim-pe", package="systemPipeR")
  trim <- loadWorkflow(targets=targetsPE, wf_file="trim-pe.cwl", input_file="trim-pe.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
  trim <- renderWF(trim, inputvars=c(FileName1="_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2="_FASTQ_PATH2_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
  seeFastq(fastq=infile1(trim)[x], batchsize=100000, klength=8)
}
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024) 
param <- BatchtoolsParam(workers = 4, cluster = "slurm", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", resources = resources)
fqlist <- bplapply(seq(along=trim), f, BPPARAM = param)
seeFastqPlot(unlist(fqlist, recursive=FALSE))
```

## NGS Alignment software

After quality control, the sequence reads can be aligned to a reference genome or 
transcriptome database. The following sessions present some NGS sequence alignment 
software. Select the most accurate aligner and determining the optimal parameter 
for your custom data set project.

For all the following examples, it is necessary to install the respective software 
and export the `PATH` accordingly. If it is available [Environment Module](http://modules.sourceforge.net/) 
in the system, you can load all the request software with _`moduleload(args)`_ function.

### Alignment with `HISAT2` using _`SYSargs2`_

The following steps will demonstrate how to use the short read aligner `Hisat2`
[@Kim2015-ve] in both interactive job submissions and batch submissions to
queuing systems of clusters using the _`systemPipeR's`_ new CWL command-line interface.

The parameter settings of the aligner are defined in the `hisat2-mapping-se.cwl` 
and `hisat2-mapping-se.yml` files. The following shows how to construct the 
corresponding *SYSargs2* object, here *args*.

```{r hisat_SYSargs2_object, eval=TRUE}
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/hisat2/hisat2-se", package="systemPipeR")
args <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="hisat2-mapping-se.cwl", input_file="hisat2-mapping-se.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
args <- renderWF(args, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
args
cmdlist(args)[1:2]
output(args)[1:2]
```

Subsetting _`SYSargs2`_ class slots for each workflow step.

```{r subset, eval=TRUE}
subsetWF(args, slot="input", subset='FileName')[1:2] ## Subsetting the input files for this particular workflow 
subsetWF(args, slot="output", subset=1, index=1)[1:2]  ## Subsetting the output files for one particular step in the workflow 
subsetWF(args, slot="step", subset=1)[1] ## Subsetting the command-lines for one particular step in the workflow 
subsetWF(args, slot="output", subset=1, index=1, delete=TRUE)[1] ## DELETING specific output files
```

Build `Hisat2` index.

```{r hisat_index, eval=FALSE}
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/hisat2/hisat2-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets=NULL, wf_file="hisat2-index.cwl", input_file="hisat2-index.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx)

## Run 
runCommandline(idx, make_bam = FALSE)
```

#### Interactive job submissions in a single machine

To simplify the short read alignment execution for the user, the command-line 
can be run with the *`runCommandline`* function.
The execution will be on a single machine without submitting to a queuing system 
of a computer cluster. This way, the input FASTQ files will be processed sequentially. 
By default *`runCommandline`* auto detects SAM file outputs and converts them 
to sorted and indexed BAM files, using internally the `Rsamtools` package 
[@Rsamtools]. Besides, *`runCommandline`* allows the user to create a dedicated
results folder for each workflow and a sub-folder for each sample 
defined in the *targets* file. This includes all the output and log files for each 
step. When these options are used, the output location will be updated by default 
and can be assigned to the same object.

```{r runCommandline_align, eval=FALSE}
runCommandline(args, make_bam = FALSE) ## generates alignments and writes *.sam files to ./results folder 
args <- runCommandline(args, make_bam = TRUE) ## same as above but writes files and converts *.sam files to sorted and indexed BAM files. Assigning the new extention of the output files to the object args.
```

If available, multiple CPU cores can be used for processing each file. The number
of CPU cores (here 4) to use for each process is defined in the _`*.yml`_ file. 
With _`yamlinput(args)['thread']`_ one can return this value from the _`SYSargs2`_ object. 

#### Parallelization on clusters

Alternatively, the computation can be greatly accelerated by processing many files 
in parallel using several compute nodes of a cluster, where a scheduling/queuing
system is used for load balancing. For this the *`clusterRun`* function submits 
the computing requests to the scheduler using the run specifications
defined by *`runCommandline`*. 

To avoid over-subscription of CPU cores on the compute nodes, the value from 
_`yamlinput(args)['thread']`_ is passed on to the submission command, here _`ncpus`_ 
in the _`resources`_ list object. The number of independent parallel cluster 
processes is defined under the _`Njobs`_ argument. The following example will run 
18 processes in parallel using for each 4 CPU cores. If the resources available
on a cluster allow running all 18 processes at the same time then the shown sample 
submission will utilize in total 72 CPU cores. Note, *`clusterRun`* can be used
with most queueing systems as it is based on utilities from the _`batchtools`_ 
package which supports the use of template files (_`*.tmpl`_) for defining the 
run parameters of different schedulers. To run the following code, one needs to 
have both a conf file (see _`.batchtools.conf.R`_ samples [here](https://mllg.github.io/batchtools/)) 
and a template file (see _`*.tmpl`_ samples [here](https://github.com/mllg/batchtools/tree/master/inst/templates)) 
for the queueing available on a system. The following example uses the sample 
conf and template files for the Slurm scheduler provided by this package.  

```{r clusterRun_args, eval=FALSE}
library(batchtools)
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024)
reg <- clusterRun(args, FUN = runCommandline, more.args = list(args=args, make_bam=TRUE, dir=FALSE), 
                  conffile = ".batchtools.conf.R", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", 
                  Njobs=18, runid="01", resourceList=resources)
getStatus(reg=reg)
waitForJobs(reg=reg)
```

Check and update the output location if necessary.

```{r output, eval=FALSE}
args <- output_update(args, dir=FALSE, replace=TRUE, extension=c(".sam", ".bam")) ## Updates the output(args) to the right location in the subfolders
output(args)
```

#### Create new targets file

To establish the connectivity to the next workflow step, one can write a new
*targets* file with the *`writeTargetsout`* function. The new *targets* file
serves as input to the next *`loadWorkflow`* and *`renderWF`* call.

```{r writeTargetsout, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(args))
writeTargetsout(x=args, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "FileName", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

#### Alignment with `HISAT2` and `SAMtools`

Alternatively, it possible to build an workflow with `HISAT2` and `SAMtools`.

```{r hisat_alignment, eval=FALSE}
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/workflow-hisat2/workflow-hisat2-se", package="systemPipeR")
WF <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="workflow_hisat2-se.cwl", input_file="workflow_hisat2-se.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
WF <- renderWF(WF, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
WF
cmdlist(WF)[1:2]
output(WF)[1:2]
```

### Alignment with _`Tophat2`_ 

The NGS reads of this project can also be aligned against the reference genome 
sequence using `Bowtie2/TopHat2` [@Kim2013-vg; @Langmead2012-bs]. 

Build _`Bowtie2`_ index.

```{r bowtie_index, eval=FALSE}
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/bowtie2/bowtie2-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets=NULL, wf_file="bowtie2-index.cwl", input_file="bowtie2-index.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx)

## Run in single machine
runCommandline(idx, make_bam = FALSE)
```

The parameter settings of the aligner are defined in the `tophat2-mapping-pe.cwl` 
and `tophat2-mapping-pe.yml` files. The following shows how to construct the 
corresponding *SYSargs2* object, here *tophat2PE*.

```{r tophat2-pe, eval=FALSE}
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package = "systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/tophat2/tophat2-pe", package="systemPipeR")
tophat2PE <- loadWorkflow(targets = targetsPE, wf_file = "tophat2-mapping-pe.cwl", 
    input_file = "tophat2-mapping-pe.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
tophat2PE <- renderWF(tophat2PE, inputvars = c(FileName1 = "_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2 = "_FASTQ_PATH2_", 
    SampleName = "_SampleName_"))
tophat2PE
cmdlist(tophat2PE)[1:2]
output(tophat2PE)[1:2]

## Run in single machine
tophat2PE <- runCommandline(tophat2PE[1], make_bam = TRUE)
```

Parallelization on clusters.

```{r tophat2-pe_parallel, eval=FALSE}
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024) 
reg <- clusterRun(tophat2PE, FUN = runCommandline, more.args = list(args=tophat2PE, make_bam=TRUE, dir=FALSE), 
                  conffile = ".batchtools.conf.R", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", 
                  Njobs=18, runid="01", resourceList=resources)
waitForJobs(reg=reg)
```

Create new targets file

```{r writeTargetsout_tophat2PE, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(tophat2PE))
writeTargetsout(x=tophat2PE, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "tophat2PE", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

### Alignment with _`Bowtie2`_ (_e.g._ for miRNA profiling)

The following example runs _`Bowtie2`_ as a single process without submitting it to a cluster.

Building the index:
```{r bowtie2_index, eval=FALSE}
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/bowtie2/bowtie2-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets=NULL, wf_file="bowtie2-index.cwl", input_file="bowtie2-index.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx)

## Run in single machine
runCommandline(idx, make_bam = FALSE)
```

Building all the command-line:

```{r bowtie2_SYSargs2, eval=FALSE}
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package = "systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/bowtie2/bowtie2-pe", package="systemPipeR")
bowtiePE <- loadWorkflow(targets = targetsPE, wf_file = "bowtie2-mapping-pe.cwl", 
    input_file = "bowtie2-mapping-pe.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
bowtiePE <- renderWF(bowtiePE, inputvars = c(FileName1 = "_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2 = "_FASTQ_PATH2_", 
    SampleName = "_SampleName_"))
bowtiePE
cmdlist(bowtiePE)[1:2]
output(bowtiePE)[1:2]
```

Running all the jobs to computing nodes.

```{r bowtie2_cluster, eval=FALSE}
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024) 
reg <- clusterRun(bowtiePE, FUN = runCommandline, more.args = list(args=bowtiePE, dir = FALSE), 
    conffile = ".batchtools.conf.R", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", 
    Njobs = 18, runid = "01", resourceList = resources)
getStatus(reg = reg)
```

Alternatively, it possible to run all the jobs in a single machine.

```{r bowtie2_sm, eval=FALSE}
bowtiePE <- runCommandline(bowtiePE)
```

Create new targets file.

```{r writeTargetsout_bowtiePE, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(bowtiePE))
writeTargetsout(x=bowtiePE, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "bowtiePE", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

### Alignment with _`BWA-MEM`_ (_e.g._ for VAR-Seq)

The following example runs BWA-MEM as a single process without submitting it to a cluster. ##TODO: add reference

Build the index:

```{r bwa_index, eval=FALSE}
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/bwa/bwa-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets=NULL, wf_file="bwa-index.cwl", input_file="bwa-index.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx) # Indexes reference genome

## Run 
runCommandline(idx, make_bam = FALSE)
```

Running the alignment:

```{r bwa-pe_alignment, eval=FALSE}    
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package = "systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/bwa/bwa-pe", package="systemPipeR")
bwaPE <- loadWorkflow(targets = targetsPE, wf_file = "bwa-pe.cwl", 
    input_file = "bwa-pe.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
bwaPE <- renderWF(bwaPE, inputvars = c(FileName1 = "_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2 = "_FASTQ_PATH2_", 
    SampleName = "_SampleName_"))
bwaPE
cmdlist(bwaPE)[1:2]
output(bwaPE)[1:2]
## Single Machine
bwaPE <- runCommandline(args= bwaPE, make_bam=FALSE) 

## Cluster
library(batchtools)
resources <- list(walltime = 120, ntasks = 1, ncpus = 4, memory = 1024)
reg <- clusterRun(bwaPE, FUN = runCommandline, more.args = list(args=bwaPE, dir = FALSE), 
    conffile = ".batchtools.conf.R", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", 
    Njobs = 18, runid = "01", resourceList = resources)
getStatus(reg = reg)
```

Create new targets file.

```{r writeTargetsout_bwaPE, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(bwaPE))
writeTargetsout(x=bwaPE, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "bwaPE", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

### Alignment with _`Rsubread`_ (_e.g._ for RNA-Seq)

The following example shows how one can use within the \Rpackage{systemPipeR} environment the R-based aligner \Rpackage{Rsubread}, allowing running from R or command-line. 

```{r rsubread, eval=FALSE}
## Build the index:
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/rsubread/rsubread-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets = NULL, wf_file = "rsubread-index.cwl", 
                     input_file = "rsubread-index.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx)
runCommandline(args= idx, make_bam = FALSE) 

## Running the alignment:
targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package = "systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/rsubread/rsubread-se", package="systemPipeR")
rsubread <- loadWorkflow(targets = targets, wf_file = "rsubread-mapping-se.cwl", 
                     input_file = "rsubread-mapping-se.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
rsubread <- renderWF(rsubread, inputvars = c(FileName = "_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName = "_SampleName_"))
rsubread
cmdlist(rsubread)[1]

## Single Machine
rsubread <- runCommandline(args=rsubread[1]) 
```

Create new targets file.

```{r writeTargetsout_rsubread, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(rsubread))
writeTargetsout(x=rsubread, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "rsubread", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

### Alignment with _`gsnap`_ (_e.g._ for VAR-Seq and RNA-Seq)

Another R-based short read aligner is _`gsnap`_ from the _`gmapR`_ package [@Wu2010-iq]. 
The code sample below introduces how to run this aligner on multiple nodes of a compute cluster.

```{r gsnap, eval=FALSE}
## Build the index:
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/gsnap/gsnap-idx", package="systemPipeR")
idx <- loadWorkflow(targets = NULL, wf_file = "gsnap-index.cwl", 
                     input_file = "gsnap-index.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
idx <- renderWF(idx)
idx
cmdlist(idx)
runCommandline(args= idx, make_bam = FALSE) 

## Running the alignment:
targetsPE <- system.file("extdata", "targetsPE.txt", package = "systemPipeR")
dir_path <- system.file("extdata/cwl/gsnap/gsnap-pe", package="systemPipeR")
gsnap <- loadWorkflow(targets = targetsPE, wf_file = "gsnap-mapping-pe.cwl", 
                     input_file = "gsnap-mapping-pe.yml", dir_path = dir_path)
gsnap <- renderWF(gsnap, inputvars = c(FileName1 = "_FASTQ_PATH1_", FileName2 = "_FASTQ_PATH2_", SampleName = "_SampleName_"))
gsnap
cmdlist(gsnap)[1]
output(gsnap)[1]

## Cluster
library(batchtools)
resources <- list(walltime = 120, ntasks = 1, ncpus = 4, memory = 1024)
reg <- clusterRun(gsnap, FUN = runCommandline, more.args = list(args=gsnap, make_bam=FALSE), 
    conffile = ".batchtools.conf.R", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", 
    Njobs = 18, runid = "01", resourceList = resources)
getStatus(reg = reg)
gsnap <- output_update(gsnap, dir=FALSE, replace=TRUE, extension=c(".sam", ".bam")) 
```

Create new targets file.

```{r writeTargetsout_gsnap, eval=FALSE}
names(clt(gsnap))
writeTargetsout(x=gsnap, file="default", step = 1, 
                new_col = "gsnap", new_col_output_index = 1, overwrite = TRUE)
```

## Create symbolic links for viewing BAM files in IGV

The genome browser IGV supports reading of indexed/sorted BAM files via web URLs. This way it can be avoided to create unnecessary copies of these large files. To enable this approach, an HTML directory with Http access needs to be available in the user account (_e.g._ _`home/publichtml`_) of a system. If this is not the case then the BAM files need to be moved or copied to the system where IGV runs. In the following, _`htmldir`_ defines the path to the HTML directory with http access where the symbolic links to the BAM files will be stored. The corresponding URLs will be written to a text file specified under the `_urlfile`_ argument. 

```{r igv, eval=FALSE}
symLink2bam(sysargs=args, htmldir=c("~/.html/", "somedir/"), 
            urlbase="http://myserver.edu/~username/", 
        urlfile="IGVurl.txt")
```

## Read counting for mRNA profiling experiments

Create _`txdb`_ (needs to be done only once).

```{r create_txdb, eval=FALSE}
library(GenomicFeatures)
txdb <- makeTxDbFromGFF(file="data/tair10.gff", format="gff", dataSource="TAIR", organism="Arabidopsis thaliana")
saveDb(txdb, file="./data/tair10.sqlite")
```

The following performs read counting with _`summarizeOverlaps`_ in parallel mode with multiple cores. 

```{r read_counting_multicore, eval=FALSE}
library(BiocParallel)
txdb <- loadDb("./data/tair10.sqlite")
eByg <- exonsBy(txdb, by="gene")
outpaths <- subsetWF(args, slot="output", subset=1, index=1)
bfl <- BamFileList(outpaths, yieldSize=50000, index=character())
multicoreParam <- MulticoreParam(workers=4); register(multicoreParam); registered()
counteByg <- bplapply(bfl, function(x) summarizeOverlaps(eByg, x, mode="Union", ignore.strand=TRUE, inter.feature=TRUE, singleEnd=TRUE))

# Note: for strand-specific RNA-Seq set 'ignore.strand=FALSE' and for PE data set 'singleEnd=FALSE'
countDFeByg <- sapply(seq(along=counteByg), 
                      function(x) assays(counteByg[[x]])$counts)
rownames(countDFeByg) <- names(rowRanges(counteByg[[1]])); colnames(countDFeByg) <- names(bfl)
rpkmDFeByg <- apply(countDFeByg, 2, function(x) returnRPKM(counts=x, ranges=eByg))
write.table(countDFeByg, "results/countDFeByg.xls", col.names=NA, quote=FALSE, sep="\t")
write.table(rpkmDFeByg, "results/rpkmDFeByg.xls", col.names=NA, quote=FALSE, sep="\t")
```

Please note, in addition to read counts this step generates RPKM normalized expression values. For most statistical differential expression or abundance analysis methods, such as _`edgeR`_ or _`DESeq2`_, the raw count values should be used as input. The usage of RPKM values should be restricted to specialty applications required by some users, _e.g._ manually comparing the expression levels of different genes or features. 

Read counting with _`summarizeOverlaps`_ using multiple nodes of a cluster.

```{r read_counting_multinode, eval=FALSE}
library(BiocParallel)
f <- function(x) {
    library(systemPipeR); library(BiocParallel); library(GenomicFeatures)
    txdb <- loadDb("./data/tair10.sqlite")
    eByg <- exonsBy(txdb, by="gene")
    args <- systemArgs(sysma="param/tophat.param", mytargets="targets.txt")
    outpaths <- subsetWF(args, slot="output", subset=1, index=1)
    bfl <- BamFileList(outpaths, yieldSize=50000, index=character())
    summarizeOverlaps(eByg, bfl[x], mode="Union", ignore.strand=TRUE, inter.feature=TRUE, singleEnd=TRUE)
}
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024) 
param <- BatchtoolsParam(workers = 4, cluster = "slurm", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", resources = resources)
counteByg <- bplapply(seq(along=args), f, BPPARAM = param)
countDFeByg <- sapply(seq(along=counteByg),
                      function(x) assays(counteByg[[x]])$counts)
rownames(countDFeByg) <- names(rowRanges(counteByg[[1]])); colnames(countDFeByg) <- names(outpaths)
```

Useful commands for monitoring the progress of submitted jobs

```{r process_monitoring, eval=FALSE}
getStatus(reg=reg)
outpaths <- subsetWF(args, slot="output", subset=1, index=1)
file.exists(outpaths)
sapply(1:length(outpaths), function(x) loadResult(reg, id=x)) # Works after job completion
```

#### Read and alignment count stats

Generate a table of read and alignment counts for all samples. 

```{r align_stats1, eval=FALSE}
read_statsDF <- alignStats(args) 
write.table(read_statsDF, "results/alignStats.xls", row.names=FALSE, quote=FALSE, sep="\t")
```

The following shows the first four lines of the sample alignment stats file 
provided by the _`systemPipeR`_ package. For simplicity the number of PE reads 
is multiplied here by 2 to approximate proper alignment frequencies where each 
read in a pair is counted. 

```{r align_stats2, eval=TRUE}
read.table(system.file("extdata", "alignStats.xls", package="systemPipeR"), header=TRUE)[1:4,]
```

Parallelization of read/alignment stats on single machine with multiple cores.

```{r align_stats_parallel, eval=FALSE}
f <- function(x) alignStats(args[x])
read_statsList <- bplapply(seq(along=args), f, 
                           BPPARAM = MulticoreParam(workers=8))
read_statsDF <- do.call("rbind", read_statsList)
```

Parallelization of read/alignment stats via scheduler (_e.g._ Slurm) across several compute nodes.

```{r align_stats_parallel_cluster, eval=FALSE}
library(BiocParallel); library(batchtools)
f <- function(x) {
    library(systemPipeR)
    targets <- system.file("extdata", "targets.txt", package="systemPipeR")
    dir_path <- "param/cwl/hisat2/hisat2-se" ## TODO: replace path to system.file 
    args <- loadWorkflow(targets=targets, wf_file="hisat2-mapping-se.cwl", input_file="hisat2-mapping-se.yml", dir_path=dir_path)
    args <- renderWF(args, inputvars=c(FileName="_FASTQ_PATH1_", SampleName="_SampleName_"))
    args <- output_update(args, dir=FALSE, replace=TRUE, extension=c(".sam", ".bam")) 
    alignStats(args[x])
}
resources <- list(walltime=120, ntasks=1, ncpus=4, memory=1024) 
param <- BatchtoolsParam(workers = 4, cluster = "slurm", template = "batchtools.slurm.tmpl", resources = resources)
read_statsList <- bplapply(seq(along=args), f, BPPARAM = param)
read_statsDF <- do.call("rbind", read_statsList)
```

## Read counting for miRNA profiling experiments

Download miRNA genes from miRBase.

```{r read_counting_mirna, eval=FALSE}
system("wget ftp://mirbase.org/pub/mirbase/19/genomes/My_species.gff3 -P ./data/")
gff <- import.gff("./data/My_species.gff3")
gff <- split(gff, elementMetadata(gff)$ID)
bams <- names(bampaths); names(bams) <- targets$SampleName
bfl <- BamFileList(bams, yieldSize=50000, index=character())
countDFmiR <- summarizeOverlaps(gff, bfl, mode="Union", ignore.strand=FALSE, inter.feature=FALSE) # Note: inter.feature=FALSE important since pre and mature miRNA ranges overlap
rpkmDFmiR <- apply(countDFmiR, 2, 
                   function(x) returnRPKM(counts=x, gffsub=gff))
write.table(assays(countDFmiR)$counts, "results/countDFmiR.xls", col.names=NA, quote=FALSE, sep="\t")
write.table(rpkmDFmiR, "results/rpkmDFmiR.xls", col.names=NA, quote=FALSE, sep="\t")
```

## Correlation analysis of samples

The following computes the sample-wise Spearman correlation coefficients from the _`rlog`_ (regularized-logarithm) transformed expression values generated with the _`DESeq2`_ package. After transformation to a distance matrix, hierarchical clustering is performed with the _`hclust`_ function and the result is plotted as a dendrogram ([sample\_tree.pdf](./results/sample_tree.pdf)). 

```{r sample_tree_rlog, eval=TRUE}
library(DESeq2, warn.conflicts=FALSE, quietly=TRUE); library(ape, warn.conflicts=FALSE)
countDFpath <- system.file("extdata", "countDFeByg.xls", package="systemPipeR")
countDF <- as.matrix(read.table(countDFpath))
colData <- data.frame(row.names=targets.as.df(targets(args))$SampleName, condition=targets.as.df(targets(args))$Factor)
dds <- DESeqDataSetFromMatrix(countData = countDF, colData = colData, design = ~ condition)
d <- cor(assay(rlog(dds)), method="spearman")
hc <- hclust(dist(1-d))
plot.phylo(as.phylo(hc), type="p", edge.col=4, edge.width=3, show.node.label=TRUE, no.margin=TRUE)
```

<div align="center">**Figure 6:** Correlation dendrogram of samples for _`rlog`_ values. </div></br>

Alternatively, the clustering can be performed with _`RPKM`_ normalized expression values. In combination with Spearman correlation the results of the two clustering methods are often relatively similar. 

```{r sample_tree_rpkm, eval=FALSE}
rpkmDFeBygpath <- system.file("extdata", "rpkmDFeByg.xls", package="systemPipeR")
rpkmDFeByg <- read.table(rpkmDFeBygpath, check.names=FALSE)
rpkmDFeByg <- rpkmDFeByg[rowMeans(rpkmDFeByg) > 50,]
d <- cor(rpkmDFeByg, method="spearman")
hc <- hclust(as.dist(1-d))
plot.phylo(as.phylo(hc), type="p", edge.col="blue", edge.width=2, show.node.label=TRUE, no.margin=TRUE)
```

## DEG analysis with _`edgeR`_

The following _`run_edgeR`_ function is a convenience wrapper for
identifying differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in batch mode with
_`edgeR`_'s GML method [@Robinson2010-uk] for any number of
pairwise sample comparisons specified under the _`cmp`_ argument. Users
are strongly encouraged to consult the 
[_`edgeR`_](\href{http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/edgeR/inst/doc/edgeRUsersGuide.pdf) vignette 
for more detailed information on this topic and how to properly run _`edgeR`_ 
on data sets with more complex experimental designs. 

```{r edger_wrapper, eval=TRUE}
targets <- read.delim(targetspath, comment="#")
cmp <- readComp(file=targetspath, format="matrix", delim="-")
cmp[[1]]
countDFeBygpath <- system.file("extdata", "countDFeByg.xls", package="systemPipeR")
countDFeByg <- read.delim(countDFeBygpath, row.names=1)
edgeDF <- run_edgeR(countDF=countDFeByg, targets=targets, cmp=cmp[[1]], independent=FALSE, mdsplot="")
```

Filter and plot DEG results for up and down-regulated genes. Because of the small size of the toy data set used by this vignette, the _FDR_ value has been set to a relatively high threshold (here 10%). More commonly used _FDR_ cutoffs are 1% or 5%. The definition of '_up_' and '_down_' is given in the corresponding help file. To open it, type _`?filterDEGs`_ in the R console. 

```{r edger_deg_counts, eval=TRUE}
DEG_list <- filterDEGs(degDF=edgeDF, filter=c(Fold=2, FDR=10))
```

<div align="center">**Figure 7:** Up and down regulated DEGs identified by _`edgeR`_. </div></br>

```{r edger_deg_stats, eval=TRUE}
names(DEG_list)
DEG_list$Summary[1:4,]
```

## DEG analysis with _`DESeq2`_ 

The following _`run_DESeq2`_ function is a convenience wrapper for
identifying DEGs in batch mode with _`DESeq2`_ [@Love2014-sh] for any number of
pairwise sample comparisons specified under the _`cmp`_ argument. Users
are strongly encouraged to consult the 
[_`DESeq2`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/DESeq2/inst/doc/DESeq2.pdf) vignette
for more detailed information on this topic and how to properly run _`DESeq2`_ 
on data sets with more complex experimental designs. 

```{r deseq2_wrapper, eval=TRUE}
degseqDF <- run_DESeq2(countDF=countDFeByg, targets=targets, cmp=cmp[[1]], independent=FALSE)
```

Filter and plot DEG results for up and down-regulated genes. 

```{r deseq2_deg_counts, eval=TRUE}
DEG_list2 <- filterDEGs(degDF=degseqDF, filter=c(Fold=2, FDR=10))
```

<div align="center">**Figure 8:** Up and down regulated DEGs identified by _`DESeq2`_. </div></br>

## Venn Diagrams

The function _`overLapper`_ can compute Venn intersects for large numbers of sample sets (up to 20 or more) and _`vennPlot`_ can plot 2-5 way Venn diagrams. A useful feature is the possibility to combine the counts from several Venn comparisons with the same number of sample sets in a single Venn diagram (here for 4 up and down DEG sets).

```{r vennplot, eval=TRUE}
vennsetup <- overLapper(DEG_list$Up[6:9], type="vennsets")
vennsetdown <- overLapper(DEG_list$Down[6:9], type="vennsets")
vennPlot(list(vennsetup, vennsetdown), mymain="", mysub="", colmode=2, ccol=c("blue", "red"))
```

<div align="center">**Figure 9:** Venn Diagram for 4 Up and Down DEG Sets. </div></br>

## GO term enrichment analysis of DEGs

### Obtain gene-to-GO mappings

The following shows how to obtain gene-to-GO mappings from _`biomaRt`_ (here for _A. thaliana_) and how to organize them for the downstream GO term enrichment analysis. Alternatively, the gene-to-GO mappings can be obtained for many organisms from Bioconductor's  _`*.db`_ genome annotation packages or GO annotation files provided by various genome databases. For each annotation, this relatively slow preprocessing step needs to be performed only once. Subsequently, the preprocessed data can be loaded with the _`load`_ function as shown in the next subsection. 

```{r get_go_biomart, eval=FALSE}
library("biomaRt")
listMarts() # To choose BioMart database
listMarts(host="plants.ensembl.org")
m <- useMart("plants_mart", host="plants.ensembl.org")
listDatasets(m)
m <- useMart("plants_mart", dataset="athaliana_eg_gene", host="plants.ensembl.org")
listAttributes(m) # Choose data types you want to download
go <- getBM(attributes=c("go_id", "tair_locus", "namespace_1003"), mart=m)
go <- go[go[,3]!="",]; go[,3] <- as.character(go[,3])
go[go[,3]=="molecular_function", 3] <- "F"; go[go[,3]=="biological_process", 3] <- "P"; go[go[,3]=="cellular_component", 3] <- "C"
go[1:4,]
dir.create("./data/GO")
write.table(go, "data/GO/GOannotationsBiomart_mod.txt", quote=FALSE, row.names=FALSE, col.names=FALSE, sep="\t")
catdb <- makeCATdb(myfile="data/GO/GOannotationsBiomart_mod.txt", lib=NULL, org="", colno=c(1,2,3), idconv=NULL)
save(catdb, file="data/GO/catdb.RData")
```

### Batch GO term enrichment analysis

Apply the enrichment analysis to the DEG sets obtained in the above differential expression analysis. Note, in the following example the _FDR_ filter is set here to an unreasonably high value, simply because of the small size of the toy data set used in this vignette. Batch enrichment analysis of many gene sets is performed with the _`GOCluster_Report`_ function. When _`method="all"`_, it returns all GO terms passing the p-value cutoff specified under the _`cutoff`_ arguments. When _`method="slim"`_, it returns only the GO terms specified under the _`myslimv`_ argument. The given example shows how one can obtain such a GO slim vector from BioMart for a specific organism. 

```{r go_enrichment, eval=FALSE}
load("data/GO/catdb.RData")
DEG_list <- filterDEGs(degDF=edgeDF, filter=c(Fold=2, FDR=50), plot=FALSE)
up_down <- DEG_list$UporDown; names(up_down) <- paste(names(up_down), "_up_down", sep="")
up <- DEG_list$Up; names(up) <- paste(names(up), "_up", sep="")
down <- DEG_list$Down; names(down) <- paste(names(down), "_down", sep="")
DEGlist <- c(up_down, up, down)
DEGlist <- DEGlist[sapply(DEGlist, length) > 0]
BatchResult <- GOCluster_Report(catdb=catdb, setlist=DEGlist, method="all", id_type="gene", CLSZ=2, cutoff=0.9, gocats=c("MF", "BP", "CC"), recordSpecGO=NULL)
library("biomaRt")
m <- useMart("plants_mart", dataset="athaliana_eg_gene", host="plants.ensembl.org")
goslimvec <- as.character(getBM(attributes=c("goslim_goa_accession"), mart=m)[,1])
BatchResultslim <- GOCluster_Report(catdb=catdb, setlist=DEGlist, method="slim", id_type="gene", myslimv=goslimvec, CLSZ=10, cutoff=0.01, gocats=c("MF", "BP", "CC"), recordSpecGO=NULL)
```

### Plot batch GO term results

The _`data.frame`_ generated by _`GOCluster_Report`_ can be plotted with the _`goBarplot`_ function. Because of the variable size of the sample sets, it may not always be desirable to show the results from different DEG sets in the same bar plot. Plotting single sample sets is achieved by subsetting the input data frame as shown in the first line of the following example. 

```{r plot_go_enrichment, eval=FALSE}
gos <- BatchResultslim[grep("M6-V6_up_down", BatchResultslim$CLID), ]
gos <- BatchResultslim
pdf("GOslimbarplotMF.pdf", height=8, width=10); goBarplot(gos, gocat="MF"); dev.off()
goBarplot(gos, gocat="BP")
goBarplot(gos, gocat="CC")
```

![](GOslimbarplotMF.png)
<div align="center">**Figure 10:** GO Slim Barplot for MF Ontology.</div></br>


## Clustering and heat maps

The following example performs hierarchical clustering on the _`rlog`_ transformed expression matrix subsetted by the DEGs identified in the 
above differential expression analysis. It uses a Pearson correlation-based distance measure and complete linkage for cluster join.

```{r hierarchical_clustering, eval=FALSE}
library(pheatmap)
geneids <- unique(as.character(unlist(DEG_list[[1]])))
y <- assay(rlog(dds))[geneids, ]
pdf("heatmap1.pdf")
pheatmap(y, scale="row", clustering_distance_rows="correlation", clustering_distance_cols="correlation")
dev.off()
```

<center><img src="heatmap1.png"></center>
<div align="center">**Figure 11:** Heat map with hierarchical clustering dendrograms of DEGs.</div></br>

# Workflow templates

The intended way of running _`systemPipeR`_ workflows is via _`*.Rmd`_ files, which 
can be executed either line-wise in interactive mode or with a single command from 
R or the command-line. This way comprehensive and reproducible analysis reports 
can be generated in PDF or HTML format in a fully automated manner by making use 
of the highly functional reporting utilities available for R. 
The following shows how to execute a workflow (*e.g.*, systemPipeRNAseq.Rmd)
from the command-line.

```{bash command-line, eval=FALSE}
Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('systemPipeRNAseq.Rmd')"
```

Templates for setting up custom project reports are provided as _`*.Rmd`_ files by the helper package _`systemPipeRdata`_ and in the vignettes subdirectory of _`systemPipeR`_. The corresponding HTML of these report templates are available here: [_`systemPipeRNAseq`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/vignettes/systemPipeRdata/inst/doc/systemPipeRNAseq.html), [_`systemPipeRIBOseq`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/vignettes/systemPipeRdata/inst/doc/systemPipeRIBOseq.html), [_`systemPipeChIPseq`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/vignettes/systemPipeRdata/inst/doc/systemPipeChIPseq.html) and [_`systemPipeVARseq`_](http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/data/experiment/vignettes/systemPipeRdata/inst/doc/systemPipeVARseq.html). To work with _`*.Rnw`_ or _`*.Rmd`_ files efficiently, basic knowledge of [_`Sweave`_](https://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/~leisch/Sweave/) or [_`knitr`_](http://yihui.name/knitr/) and [_`Latex`_](http://www.latex-project.org/) or [_`R Markdown v2`_](http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/) is required. 

## RNA-Seq sample

Load the RNA-Seq sample workflow into your current working directory.

```{r genRna_workflow_single, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="rnaseq")
setwd("rnaseq")
```

### Run workflow

Next, run the chosen sample workflow _`systemPipeRNAseq`_ ([PDF](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/rnaseq/systemPipeRNAseq.pdf?raw=true), [Rmd](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/rnaseq/systemPipeRNAseq.Rmd)) by executing from the command-line _`make -B`_ within the _`rnaseq`_ directory. Alternatively, one can run the code from the provided _`*.Rmd`_ template file from within R interactively. 

The workflow includes following steps:

1. Read preprocessing
    + Quality filtering (trimming)
    + FASTQ quality report
2. Alignments: _`Tophat2`_ (or any other RNA-Seq aligner)
3. Alignment stats 
4. Read counting 
5. Sample-wise correlation analysis
6. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs)
7. GO term enrichment analysis
8. Gene-wise clustering

## ChIP-Seq sample

Load the ChIP-Seq sample workflow into your current working directory.

```{r genChip_workflow_single, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="chipseq")
setwd("chipseq")
```

### Run workflow

Next, run the chosen sample workflow _`systemPipeChIPseq_single`_ ([PDF](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/chipseq/systemPipeChIPseq.pdf?raw=true), [Rmd](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/chipseq/systemPipeChIPseq.Rmd)) by executing from the command-line _`make -B`_ within the _`chipseq`_ directory. Alternatively, one can run the code from the provided _`*.Rmd`_ template file from within R interactively. 

The workflow includes the following steps:

1. Read preprocessing
    + Quality filtering (trimming)
    + FASTQ quality report
2. Alignments: _`Bowtie2`_ or _`rsubread`_
3. Alignment stats 
4. Peak calling: _`MACS2`_, _`BayesPeak`_ 
5. Peak annotation with genomic context
6. Differential binding analysis
7. GO term enrichment analysis
8. Motif analysis

## VAR-Seq sample 

### VAR-Seq workflow for the single machine

Load the VAR-Seq sample workflow into your current working directory.

```{r genVar_workflow_single, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="varseq")
setwd("varseq")
```

### Run workflow

Next, run the chosen sample workflow _`systemPipeVARseq_single`_ ([PDF](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/varseq/systemPipeVARseq_single.pdf?raw=true), [Rmd](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/varseq/systemPipeVARseq_single.Rmd)) by executing from the command-line _`make -B`_ within the _`varseq`_ directory. Alternatively, one can run the code from the provided _`*.Rmd`_ template file from within R interactively. 

The workflow includes following steps:

1. Read preprocessing
    + Quality filtering (trimming)
    + FASTQ quality report
2. Alignments: _`gsnap`_, _`bwa`_
3. Variant calling: _`VariantTools`_, _`GATK`_, _`BCFtools`_
4. Variant filtering: _`VariantTools`_ and _`VariantAnnotation`_
5. Variant annotation: _`VariantAnnotation`_
6. Combine results from many samples
7. Summary statistics of samples

### VAR-Seq workflow for computer cluster

The workflow template provided for this step is called _`systemPipeVARseq.Rmd`_ ([PDF](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/varseq/systemPipeVARseq.pdf?raw=true), [Rmd](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/varseq/systemPipeVARseq.Rmd)).
It runs the above VAR-Seq workflow in parallel on multiple compute nodes of an HPC system using Slurm as the scheduler. 

## Ribo-Seq sample

Load the Ribo-Seq sample workflow into your current working directory.

```{r genRibo_workflow_single, eval=FALSE}
library(systemPipeRdata)
genWorkenvir(workflow="riboseq")
setwd("riboseq")
```

### Run workflow

Next, run the chosen sample workflow _`systemPipeRIBOseq`_ ([PDF](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/riboseq/systemPipeRIBOseq.pdf?raw=true), [Rmd](https://github.com/tgirke/systemPipeRdata/blob/master/inst/extdata/workflows/ribseq/systemPipeRIBOseq.Rmd)) by executing from the command-line _`make -B`_ within the _`ribseq`_ directory. Alternatively, one can run the code from the provided _`*.Rmd`_ template file from within R interactively. 

The workflow includes following steps:

1. Read preprocessing
    + Adaptor trimming and quality filtering
    + FASTQ quality report
2. Alignments: _`Tophat2`_ (or any other RNA-Seq aligner)
3. Alignment stats
4. Compute read distribution across genomic features
5. Adding custom features to the workflow (e.g. uORFs)
6. Genomic read coverage along with transcripts
7. Read counting 
8. Sample-wise correlation analysis
9. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs)
10. GO term enrichment analysis
11. Gene-wise clustering
12. Differential ribosome binding (translational efficiency)

# Version information

**Note:** the most recent version of this tutorial can be found <a href="http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/systemPipeR/inst/doc/systemPipeR.html">here</a>.

```{r sessionInfo}
sessionInfo()
```

# Funding

This project is funded by NSF award [ABI-1661152](https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1661152). 

# References
