# Is Sample Metadata Necessary in QIIME 2?

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/is-sample-metadata-necessary-in-qiime-2/1216
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** metadata
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/is-sample-metadata-necessary-in-qiime-2/1216 "2017-09-12T18:54:42Z")
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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/is-sample-metadata-necessary-in-qiime-2/1216/13 "2017-09-19T15:24:56Z")

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An off-topic reply has been split into a new topic: [Feature Table / Metadata Index Mismatch](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/feature-table-metadata-index-mismatch/1278)

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