Commands:
File > Import > Database Searches...

In general fragment spectra are processed (often centroided), exported and searched against a protein sequence data bank to identify the underlying proteins. The search result is sent back to the user.

Mascot Search Results
When the Mascot search engine is used it is possible to export the search result in form of an xml file. The command File > Import > Database Searches... imports Mascot Search xml files. To allow the correlation with original data the Mascot xml file must contain fragment spectra information. The option to include the "MS/MS peak list" or "Input query data" must have been chosen when generating the xml file from Mascot.

MaxQuant Search Results
In case the MaxQuant search engine is used the MaxQuant search generates a folder called "txt". This entire folder has to be selected when importing the MaxQuant search result into Arcadiate.