A SAR Report is a workspace that holds one or more SAR Slides. This guide creates a peptide report and its first slide (a viewer built around a reference peptide and an alignment), then shows how to add more slides.
Step 1: Open the Create SAR Report dialog
From the Home page click the Create SAR Report card. In the dialog, pick a peptide dataset from the sidebar (peptide datasets are tagged Peptide). When a peptide dataset is selected, the report type is set to peptide automatically and the configuration pane appears on the right.
Step 2: Choose the reference peptide
Under Reference Peptide, select the peptide to use as the basis for the analysis ("Select the reference peptide to use as the basis for the SAR analysis."). If the dataset has a default reference peptide, it is pre-selected — you can change it here.
Step 3: Provide an alignment
Every peptide slide needs an alignment that lines the peptides up position-by-position. Under Alignment you can either select a previously imported alignment from Available Alignments, or click Import New Alignment.
In the Import Alignment dialog, upload a CSV or Excel file and give it a name:
CSV supports backbone-only alignment. Use Excel (.xlsx) for peptides with branches — one sheet per backbone/branch.
To review or adjust an alignment, click the grid (edit) icon on an alignment row to open the alignment editor, where you can inspect the per-position layout, edit gaps, and save as a new alignment.
Step 4: Generate the first slide
With a reference peptide and an alignment selected, click Generate SAR Slide. The report opens with its first slide in the peptide viewer.
Step 5: Add more slides (optional)
Inside an open report, use the Add SAR Slide button in the tab bar to create another slide in a new tab — for example with a different reference peptide or a different alignment — so you can compare views within the same report. Existing slides can also be duplicated.
