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Choosing a Pipeline

Choosing a Pipeline

Cell Ranger v7.2 (and later) does not support Targeted Gene Expression analysis. Use Cell Ranger v7.1 to analyze your Targeted Gene Expression libraries.
Cell Ranger v7.2 is the last version to support the analysis of Low Throughput (LT) libraries.

Cell Ranger provides a set of analysis pipelines that process Chromium Single Cell Gene Expression data to align reads, generate Feature Barcode matrices, perform clustering and other secondary analysis, and more.

Cell Ranger has three analysis pipelines for primary analysis

  • cellranger count
  • cellranger vdj
  • cellranger multi

Input files required for each of these pipelines is described on the List of Inputs page.

Refer to the table below for the recommended pipeline for each library combination. Click on the library type for detailed documentation and FASTQ file specifications.

Documentation by library typeCell Ranger pipeline
3' Gene Expressioncount
3' Gene Expression + Antibody/CRISPR Guide Capturecount
Antibody Capture onlycount
3' Gene Expression + Cell Multiplexing (+ Antibody/CRISPR Guide Capture)multi
Fixed RNA Profiling Gene Expression (+ Antibody/CRISPR Guide Capture)multi
5' V(D)J onlyvdj
5' Gene Expression onlycount
5' Antibody Capture (+ Gene Expression)count
5' CRISPR (FB) + Gene Expressioncount
5' Gene Expression + V(D)J (+ FB)multi
5' Gene Expression + V(D)J + Antigen Capture (BEAM) (+ Antibody Capture)multi

Conduct secondary analysis to:

  • Find guidance and tips for troubleshooting failed Cell Ranger runs
  • For assistance with a specific library combination not documented here, please contact [email protected]