# Is it possible to add "add header" tool?
**URL:** https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Tags:** text-manipulation
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518 "2025-11-25T19:04:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Achim\_Quaiser](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Achim_Quaiser)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518/1 "2025-11-25T19:04:17Z")
Hello,
I found the “add header” tool on the “[usegalaxy.fr](http://usegalaxy.fr)” but can’t find it on the “[usegalaxy.eu](http://usegalaxy.eu)”. Would it be possible to add please ?
Here is the tool id
toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/repos/estrain/add\_column\_headers/add\_column\_headers/0.1.3
Thanks in advance
Best
Achim
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### Author:  [@igor](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/igor)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518/2 "2025-11-27T04:28:20Z")
Hi @Achim_Quaiser,
I guess Galaxy Europe admins will look into it. In meantime, you can add a header using Concatenate datasets (head-to-tail). Create a file with header, upload it to Galaxy and concatenate with data. Alternatively, create the header file using Galaxy upload menu, Paste/Fetch data tab. In settings (cog wheel icon) you can change space delimiters into tabs.
Hope that helps.
Kind regards,
Igor
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### Author:  [@wm75](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/wm75)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518/3 "2025-11-27T12:24:05Z")
In it’s current form, the tool doesn’t quite fulfill our quality standards for inclusion on EU, but we can certainly put an update on our agenda.
In the meantime, the workflow equivalent of that tool in Galaxy, which works on all major servers is:
1. “Create text file” with the comma-separated column names
2. “Replace text in entire line” to replace the commas with tab characters
3. the concatenation that @igor suggested already
but I agree that a dedicated tool would be way more convenient, efficient and elegant.
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### Author:  [@Achim\_Quaiser](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Achim_Quaiser)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518/4 "2025-11-27T14:35:25Z")
Hello,
I’ll check this out…
Thanks
Achim
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### Author:  [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-add-header-tool/16518/5 "2025-12-03T22:29:12Z")
I saw the topic and decided to ticket. Maybe estrain will see it and update the wrapper.
- [Request: include add\_column\_headers 0.1.3 at UseGalaxy servers (currently only at UseGalaxy.fr) · Issue #1231 · galaxyproject/usegalaxy-tools · GitHub](https://github.com/galaxyproject/usegalaxy-tools/issues/1231)
And, I have yet another way to create a header for you @Achim_Quaiser ! 🥳
1. Direct edit
- Click into the [visualize icon](https://galaxyproject.github.io/training-material/faqs/galaxy/datasets_icons.html) for a text/tabular dataset.
- Choose the tool **Editor**.
- Very _ **very** _ carefully make your changes.
- Export (top right), and an updated version of your file will be added to the history.