--- a/samples_macros.xml	Wed Feb 02 17:30:12 2022 +0000
+++ b/samples_macros.xml	Mon Feb 21 14:22:53 2022 +0000
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@
     <xml name="table_inputs_macro">
         <conditional name="input_format_conditional">
             <param name="input_format" type="select" label="Would you like to submit pregenerated table files or interactively define the input structures?">
-                <option value="excel_tables" selected="True">User generated metadata tables based on Excel templates</option>
+                <option value="excel_tables" selected="True">User generated metadata tables based on Excel template</option>
                 <option value="build_tables" selected="False">Interactive generation of the study structure (recommended for small studies)</option>
                 <option value="user_generated_tables" selected="False">User generated tabular files (studies - samples - experiments - runs) </option>
             </param>
             <when value="excel_tables">
                 <!--<param name="viral_submission" type="boolean" label="Does your submission data belong to a viral sample?" help="If you select yes then your data will be submitted using the ENA virus pathogen reporting standard checklist (see: https://ena-browser-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/help_and_guides/sars-cov-2-submissions.html)" />-->
                 <expand macro="checklist_input_macro"/>
-                <param name="xlsx_file" type="data" format="xlsx" label="Select Excel (xlsx) file based on templates" />
+                <param name="xlsx_file" type="data" format="xlsx" label="Select Excel (xlsx) file based on template" />
                 <expand macro="run_inputs_macro" />
             </when>
             <when value="user_generated_tables">
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             <param name="sample_title" type="text" label="Sample title"/>
             <param name="sample_description" type="text" help="e.g: liver cells" label="Describe the type of sample"/>
             <param name="scientific_name" type="text" label="Enter the species of the sample" help="e.g Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"/>
-            <param name="tax_id" type="text" label="Enter the taxonomic ID corresponding to the sample species" />
+            <param name="tax_id" type="integer" value="0" label="Enter the taxonomic ID corresponding to the sample species" />
             <repeat name="rep_experiment" title="Sequencing experiments performed with this sample" min="1" >
                 <param name="experiment_title" type="text" label="Specify an experiment title" />
                 <param name="experiment_design" type="text" label="Describe the experiment design" />