RNA Expanded Metrics

Metric

Description

Recommended Threshold

PCT_CHIMERIC_READS (%)

Percentage of unique reads that are part of a chimeric alignment (for example, half of the read maps to one location and the other half maps to a nonsequential location) out of the total number of mapped unique reads.

Not applicable

TOTAL_PF_READS (Count)

Total number of reads passing filter.

Not applicable

PCT_ON_TARGET_READS

Percentage of reads that cross any part of the target region out of the total number of reads. A read that partially maps to a target region is counted as on target.

Not applicable

SCALED_MEDIAN_GENE_COVERAGE

The median of median gene coverage scaled by gene length. Median coverage is calculated for each gene, and then scaled by the respective gene’s length, and finally divided by the total length of all targeted genes.

Not applicable