Importing VCF Files Error

[Cindy Khris Barrios BS]

I have IGV Version 2.8.13. 

MacOS Catalina Version 10.15.7

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) 

I have five different vcf files containing their corresponding .vcf.gz and vcf.tbi. 

Ex (1023_5.g.vcf.gz.tbi and 1023_5.g.vcf.gz) 

When I go to File>Load File and choose both vcf.gz and vcf.tbi files. I get an Error "Cannot determine file type .. Is this a sample information file? I type Yes. Then I get the Error: File type 'tbi' is not recognized. If this is a 'tabix' index load the associated gzipped file, which should have an extension of '.gz'. 

How should I go about handling this issue? 

Thank you 

 

[Helga Thorvaldsdottir]

It's complaining because IGV doesn't recognize the .tbi file as a track type. 

However, when it loads the .vcf.gz file, the index is loaded implicitly.  But in general - to avoid the error message, just select the .vcf.gz files.

[Cindy Khris Barrios BS]

Wonderful! Thank you for the quick response.