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Opening a SUMMARY File
The SUMMARY file type is primarily associated with Excel.
What is a SUMMARY file?
SUMMARY files mostly belong to Excel.
The SUMMARY file is a container that holds brief results from data processing applications. Its structure and content can vary greatly because different programs use the same extension for their own summary outputs.
- Excel Document Summary: This version is encoded in UTF-16 (BE) and generated by Microsoft Excel to serve as a forensic data carving summary. More details can be found at Microsoft Excel.
- Read Count Summary: Produced by featureCounts, this file provides a summary of RNA-seq alignment data, often used in bioinformatics workflows. Visit featureCounts for additional information.
- Taxonomic Summary: Created by Mothur, it offers a microbial taxonomy summary table essential for certain microbial analyses. Check out Mothur for further guidance.
- FIX Session Log File: Generated by FIX Gateway, this file logs FIX protocol messages which are key in trading systems. More information is available at FIX Trading.
- Photovoltaic Measurement Data: This variant, from MPS-2000, includes summarized measurement data with metadata, serving in a technical context.
FilExt.com note: Opening a SUMMARY file depends on its source. Use the specific application—for instance, Excel for forensic summaries or a text editor for simpler summaries—to read the file properly.
How to open SUMMARY files
You need a suitable software like Excel to open a SUMMARY file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your SUMMARY file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a SUMMARY file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.
Online SUMMARY Text Viewer
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Programs that open and convert SUMMARY files:
- Excel
See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. SUMMARY files are often referred to as Excel data files because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
- Apple II operating system
SUMMARY format details:
If you can determine the file format, the associated program can also be determined. The first characters in a file identify the file format, for example, HTML files start with the bytes <html>. If the file extension does not match the file format, double-clicking on the file will cause an error upon opening. So a detailed analysis of a file is vital in order to determine the format and the associated program. Our examination of the SUMMARY files comes to the following conclusion:
SUMMARY is rarely used as a file extension and includes different formats for different programs. The two most popular formats are as follows:
- 30% of all SUMMARY files use the popular UTF-16 (BE) file format. UTF-16 (BE) is an character encoding system for Unicode. UTF-16 files can be viewed in any modern text editor. These files start with the two bytes FE FF, the so called byte order mark (BOM). These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The files are on average 1 KB in size and range from 1 KB to 1 KB. The file type was created recently. The file name 20180601.summary or CCE1-3_20180601.summary is typical for these files.
- 4% of all SUMMARY files have the same signature Active Cell Sample . These files contain text and words, not binary data. SUMMARY files are between 2 KB and 41 KB in size. Examples of file names are advIV.summary.
All the rest of the SUMMARY files (66%) have different formats, often e.g. Status and taxlevel. Tagged as sequence, counts, unique, fasta, good, precluster, contigs, feature, filter, baby, pick or trim. If you want to find out what your SUMMARY file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.
Technical Data for SUMMARY File Extension
File classification:
Data
a summary summary file is a special file format and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.
How to solve problems with SUMMARY files
- Associate the SUMMARY file extension with the correct application.
- Update your software that should actually open summary files. Because only the current version supports the latest SUMMARY file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the manufacturer website after an available Excel update.
- To make sure that your SUMMARY file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
- Click here to open your .SUMMARY file online - secure, fast, and no downloads needed.