# Taxa barplot (Plugin error; sample IDs missing)
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** taxonomy, barplot, metadata
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317 "2022-06-10T18:17:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Anna\_Keisha\_Boateng](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Anna_Keisha_Boateng)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317/1 "2022-06-10T18:17:54Z")
Hi,
The command I ran was:
qiime taxa barplot --i-table ARTIFACT-table.qza --i-taxonomy taxonomic-classification-ARTIFACT.qza --m-metadata-file ./META.tsv --o-visualization ARTIFACT-taxa-viz.qzv --verbose
And the error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/keishamercy/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2022.2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/q2cli/commands.py", line 339, in **call**
results = action(\*\*arguments)
File "", line 2, in barplot
File "/home/keishamercy/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2022.2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/action.py", line 245, in bound\_callable
outputs = self._callable\_executor_(scope, callable\_args,
File "/home/keishamercy/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2022.2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/action.py", line 453, in _callable\_executor_
ret\_val = self.\_callable(output\_dir=temp\_dir, \*\*view\_args)
File "/home/keishamercy/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2022.2/lib/python3.8/site-packages/q2\_taxa/\_visualizer.py", line 35, in barplot
raise ValueError('Sample IDs found in the table are missing in the '
ValueError: Sample IDs found in the table are missing in the metadata: {'trorod23-5-1', 'trorod26-5-2', 'trorod1-6', 'trorod26-5-1', 'trorod31-5', 'trorod6-6-2', 'trorod21-5', 'trorod8-6', 'trorod24-5', 'trorod25-5', 'trorod29-5-2', 'trorod22-5-2', 'trorod29-5-1', 'trorod22-5-1', 'trorod7-6', 'trorod23-5-2', 'trorod6-6-1', 'trorod22-5-3', 'trorod27-5'}.
Plugin error from taxa:
Sample IDs found in the table are missing in the metadata: {'trorod23-5-1', 'trorod26-5-2', 'trorod1-6', 'trorod26-5-1', 'trorod31-5', 'trorod6-6-2', 'trorod21-5', 'trorod8-6', 'trorod24-5', 'trorod25-5', 'trorod29-5-2', 'trorod22-5-2', 'trorod29-5-1', 'trorod22-5-1', 'trorod7-6', 'trorod23-5-2', 'trorod6-6-1', 'trorod22-5-3', 'trorod27-5'}.
See above for debug info.
But when looking in the metadata file (which I created using Keemei), those samples are present.
So I'm not sure why I keep getting this error message, and what can be done?
BR, Anna.
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### Author:  [@timanix](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/timanix)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317/2 "2022-06-10T19:20:04Z")
Hello!
In your feature table, samples are named: 'trorod23-5-1', 'trorod26-5-2'... In metadata: 'trorod-23-5-1', 'trorod-26-5-2'... Could you try to delete one extra "-" in sample IDs in metadata and try again?
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### Author:  [@Anna\_Keisha\_Boateng](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Anna_Keisha_Boateng)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317/3 "2022-06-10T22:09:12Z")
Thank you so much! Lol, I've been starring at the file for so long, my eyes didn't even see that extra dash. Oh, what a mistake 🫢
I tried it out, and it works. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@timanix](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/timanix)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317/4 "2022-06-11T03:30:43Z")
I think we all here were sitting in front of the screen facing the same error and hypnotising our metadata file at least once 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/taxa-barplot-plugin-error-sample-ids-missing/23317/5 "2022-07-12T09:31:26Z")
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