Study creation and deletion

In this article, you'll find out how to create, back-up and delete your study data. 

A) Study Creation

1- Study creation steps

 The creation of a new study is done from the home view of the software.

Click on  in order to create a new study. Fill in the study information in the pop-up window. Only the name of the study is required. 

If necessary, don't forget to also configure the species.

This step is mandatory. it's indicated by an “*” next to the field STUDY NAME, if the name is not filled in, CREATE is not available.

Then click on « CREATE » to validate the creation of the study.

> The other windows in this pop-up (DETECT CONFIG, ACQ WARNING and ANALYSIS CONFIG) do not need to be completed in the first instance to create the study.  Read the following section on STUDY EDIT for more information on “default” settings and how to complete these parts. 

The new created study now appears in the first place of the list of existing studies.

2- Study edit and customization steps

In addition of the INFORMATIONS window, there are three differents windows of the study configuration popup

Create study detect config

DETECTION enables you to position the various events (R peaks, Vmin and Vmax) on the recorded raw signal using algorithms, in order to automatically obtain the evolution of physiological variables over time. Default detection parameters have been carefully defined for each species but its can be adjusted as needed by the user in the DETECT CONFIG window above . 
To learn more about DETECTION, please click here. 

Create study alert config

Alert levels can be set for heart and respiratory rate during study creation. If the value of the parameters is not included into the defined min/max range, the parameter blinks in red during acquisition (only when sessions are in a collapse view mode). 
It is possible to ajust those levels by clicking on  in the acquisition management view. To learn more, please click here. 
Note :  If you do not define “default” alert level, you will need to define them for each data acquisition session. In addition, warnings must be activated for each acquisition session in the  button before clicking on LAUNCH/START acquisition.

You can configure the analysis to define in advance the type of calculation (average, median or sum) as well as the time range you wish to apply to the raw data in order to format it before exporting it. To learn more about the analysis, please click here. 

B) Study and session deletion

 In some situation it might be required to delete the data from the system. After compressing a study, click on Delete.

Then confirm your deletion by entering the study name in the available field. 

This will free up disk space and permanently delete the data from the system. A confirmation will be asked, to avoir any unwanted deletion of data.

Check the available space on the acquisition server at any time by clicking on the button on which the time is displayed [1] on the top right corner of the screen. The available space is then indicated in GB [2].

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