# VCF ignoring vep and non\_reference\_samples while exporting

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/vcf-ignoring-vep-and-non-reference-samples-while-exporting/1123>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [October 12, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/vcf-ignoring-vep-and-non-reference-samples-while-exporting/1123 "2019-10-12T11:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Haseeb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Haseeb1](https://discuss.hail.is/u/Haseeb1)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/vcf-ignoring-vep-and-non-reference-samples-while-exporting/1123/1 "2019-10-12T11:45:40Z")

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I am exporting my matrix table to gcp storage, but it is ignoring fields vep(row) and non\_reference\_samples(row). How to overcome this and export all data and why is it happening.

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/vcf-ignoring-vep-and-non-reference-samples-while-exporting/1123/2 "2019-10-12T12:28:31Z")

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VCF does not have a way to represent arbitrary structured data.

It is possible to put some information in the info field:

```auto
mt = mt.annotate_rows(info = mt.info.annotate(non_ref_samples=mt.non_reference_sample)))

```

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/vcf-ignoring-vep-and-non-reference-samples-while-exporting/1123/3 "2019-10-12T12:28:38Z")

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this will not work for VEP though.