# Analyze my QIIME results with Rstudio

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyze-my-qiime-results-with-rstudio/21696
**Category:** Other Bioinformatics Tools
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyze-my-qiime-results-with-rstudio/21696 "2021-12-19T01:52:22Z")
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### Author: ![KatherinePena](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/katherinepena/32/12598_2.png) [@KatherinePena](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/KatherinePena)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyze-my-qiime-results-with-rstudio/21696/1 "2021-12-19T01:52:22Z")

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Hi all, I am new to the topic of microbiome analysis and using QIIME. Use Qiime to perform the Taxonomic Bar Plots and the alpha and beta diversity indices. I would like to know what file I can use in Rstudio to be able to replicate the graphics that I obtained in qiime. Should I use the qza file? Or should I convert the qza file to a specific format? I need graphics that can be used in my article.

I Appreciate your help.

Thanks,

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### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyze-my-qiime-results-with-rstudio/21696/2 "2021-12-19T04:29:27Z")

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Hello @KatherinePena,

Welcome to the forums!

Qiime2 and RStudio are pretty different pieces of software, but they work well together!

I would start here:

> [@Tutorial: Integrating QIIME2 and R for data visualization and analysis using qiime2R](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/tutorial-integrating-qiime2-and-r-for-data-visualization-and-analysis-using-qiime2r/4121):
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> Tutorial: Integrating QIIME2 and R for data visualization and analysis using qiime2R (March 2020 Update v0.99.20) Background The [qiime artifact](https://docs.qiime2.org/2018.4/concepts/#data-files-qiime-2-artifacts) is a method for storing the input and outputs for [QIIME2](https://qiime2.org/) along with associated metadata and provenance information about how the object was formed. This method of storing objects has a number of obvious advantages; however, on the surface it does not lend itself to easy import to R for the R-minded data scientist. In reality, the .qza file is a compresse…

That's a great way to get .qza files from Qiime2 into R, and then you can use the R packages you like best.

:qiime2: -\> ✨ **R** 📊 ✨

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### Author: ![KatherinePena](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/katherinepena/32/12598_2.png) [@KatherinePena](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/KatherinePena)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyze-my-qiime-results-with-rstudio/21696/3 "2021-12-20T05:14:48Z")

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Hi @colinbrislawn Thank you so much for your reply.

I will try the tutorial you recommend.

I hope I can get the desired results.

Best.