\name{qaProcess.timeline}
\alias{qaProcess.timeline}

\title{  Create QA process of type 'timeline' }

\description{
  
   This function takes a \code{\link[flowCore]{flowSet}} as input and
  creates all necessary output for a 'timeline' type QA process. Objects
  created by this function can be laid out as HTML using
  \code{\link{writeQAReport}}.
  
}

\usage{

qaProcess.timeline(set, channels=NULL, outdir, cutoff=1,
  name="time line", sum.dimensions=NULL, det.dimensions=c(7,7),
  \dots)

}


\arguments{
  
  \item{set}{ A \code{\link[flowCore]{flowSet}} }
  
  \item{channels}{ A character vector of channel names for which the
    qaReport is to be produced }
  
  \item{outdir}{ The directory to which the graphical output is to be
    saved. If multiple QA processes are to be combined, make sure to use
    the same directory every time. }

  \item{cutoff}{ The threshold at which the QA process is considered to
    be failed. An absolute value in the timeline deviation score as
    computed by the \code{\link[flowViz]{timeLinePlot}} function}
  
  \item{name}{The name of the process used for the headings in the HTML
    output}
  
  \item{sum.dimensions, det.dimensions}{The pdf dimensions used for the
    summary and the detailed plots. }

  \item{\dots}{Further arguments.}

 }
 \details{
   
  QA processes of type 'timeline' detect unusal patterns in the
  acquisition of fluorescense and light scatter measurements over time.
  
  For more details on how to layout \code{\link{qaProcess}} objects to
  HTML, see \code{\link{writeQAReport}} and \code{\link{qaReport}}.
  
}
\value{
  An object of class \code{\link{qaProcess}}.
}

\author{ Florian Hahne }



\seealso{

  \code{\link{writeQAReport}}, \code{\link{qaReport}},
  \code{\link{qaProcess}}, \code{\link{qaProcess.marginevents}},
  \code{\link{qaProcess.timeflow}}, \code{\link{qaProcess.cellnumber}}

}


\examples{
\dontrun{
data(GvHD)
GvHD <- transform(GvHD, "FL1-H"=asinh(`FL1-H`), "FL2-H"=asinh(`FL2-H`))
dest <- tempdir()
qp <- qaProcess.timeline(GvHD, channel="FL1-H", outdir=dest, cutoff=1)
qp
}

}

\keyword{ dynamic }