Loading BIOM files

Hi all

I am facing the same problem, I’ve just installed Megan6 and updated Java, but the error message is there whenever I try to open a .biom file…
I don’t know what I am doing wrong.
Error message:
Version MEGAN Community Edition (version 6.8.8, built 26 May 2017)
Copyright © 2017 Daniel H. Huson. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3.

Opening startup files
Loading ncbi.map: 1,601,128
Loading ncbi.tre: 1,601,131
Induced tree has 1,601,131 of 1,601,131 nodes
Executing: open file=‘C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_json.biom’;
File has unknown type: C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_json.biom
Command usage: open file= [readOnly={false|true}]; - Open a MEGAN file (ending on .rma, .meg or .megan)
File has unknown type: C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_json.biom
Error: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: File has unknown type: C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_json.biom
Executing: open file=‘C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_hdf5.biom’;
File has unknown type: C:\Users\mcerqueira\Downloads\ERR1746143_FASTQ_otu_table_hdf5.biom

Thanks for your help.

Teresa

You need to use the following menu item: File->Import->Biom1 Format…