# FAQs

## I have multiple plate layout files. How can I input them?

Use the `getPlateLayout()` function to create a master plate layout file to then input into the other functions in the package!

    getPlateLayout("your/folder/with/plate/layouts/")

Here replace “your/folder/with/plate/layouts/” with the main file that contains your folders. For example, if your folder looks like this:

    my_R_project/
    └── raw_data_files/
        ├── plate_1/
        │   ├── raw_magpix_data_plate1.csv
        │   └── plate_layout_1.xlsx
        ├── plate_2/
        │   ├── raw_magpix_data_plate2.csv
        │   └── plate_layout_2.xlsx
        └── plate_3/
            ├── raw_magpix_data_plate3.csv
            └── plate_layout_3.xlsx

you would write:

    getPlateLayout("raw_data_files/")

you could ALSO write:

    getPlateLayout()

OR:

    getPlateLayout(folder_path = c("plate_layout_1.xlsx", "plate_layout_2.xlsx", "plate_layout_3.xlsx"))