Hi Marcia,

I'm assuming you're speaking about the line from https://www.labkey.org/Documentation/wiki-page.view?name=fileTutorial

The full line says:

"A launching point for structured data files (like Excel files or instrument-generated files with a specific format), that can be imported into the LabKey Server database for more advanced analysis. For example, you can select files in the repository, and import them into assay designs or process the files through a script pipeline."

So you can do things like import files into an assay (https://www.labkey.org/Documentation/wiki-page.view?name=fileImport) and set it up as a pipeline job (https://www.labkey.org/Documentation/wiki-page.view?name=rPipeline#browser).

Dataset creation on the fly can be done, but by using the FileWatcher which is available as a Premium Feature.

https://www.labkey.org/Documentation/wiki-page.view?name=fileWatcher

Regards,

Jon