'desc' in --bids-filter-file

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Summary of what happened:

Hi,

For fmriprep, when using a --bids-filter-file, can I use ‘desc’ as a filter?

I have files to which I add desc-mbar, that I want to pass to fmriprep. XXX_desc-mbar_bold.nii.gz

Thanks

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I am getting this error:

ValueError: 'desc' is not a recognized entity. If you're sure you want to impose this constraint, set invalid_filters='allow'.

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Hi @Ruben_SR,

In the future please use the Software Support post template for these kinds of posts. You can see that I have edited it in for you this time and you can fill in missing information by editing your post.

desc is not a valid entity for raw data (those that would be input to fMRIPrep). Have you considered using the acq-<> entity instead?

Best,
Steven

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Thanks @Steven

I tried “acq-<>” and “rec-<>”, but the same error shows. I think I may try to expand the task-<> tag to include the flag I want, like …task-cog-mbar_run-X…
This is data with mutltiband artifact correction, which is run first before any other preprocessing.

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Without knowing more about how you tried I cannot troubleshoot specifically, but I will say that you cannot have dashes in task names.

Best,
Steven