Data storage/ Set up Configure files

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Dear authors,

Thank you so much for this very useful tool!

I have a question on how to keep data in a customized directory, outside of application directory (all folders/ files under xOmicsShiny).

Please see my detailed explanation below.

It looks like the method below is no longer available

The config.csv in the project folder is required by the system. We have included an [example configure file](https://github.com/interactivereport/xOmicsShiny/blob/main/config.csv) on GitHub. You can modify the file to fit your system. 

server_dir: the directory to hold project Rdata files which can be loaded in the URL as ?server_file=project_ID 
test_dir: Not use, can ignore 
gmt_file_info: the csv file listing all the gmt files used in gene set enrichment. See below for more details. 

While the following method works:

(Optional) If you have a list of data files for the system to display as “Saved Projects in CSV file”, save the RData is data/ folder under the project folder, and include a file called saved_projectsNEW.csv in the data/ folder.
 
See the example [saved_projectsNEW.csv](https://github.com/interactivereport/xOmicsShiny/blob/main/data/saved_projectsNEW.csv) on GitHub.

However, it looks very unsustainable to upload the data in an app folder. Can xOmicsShiny load the data from a customized directory?

Again, many thanks! I look forward to your feedback!

Best,
Yirui