Knowledge Base

Managing Settings and Profiles

To View the Settings Used in a Trial

1. Choose Setup > Trial List.
2. Click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar and select Variables.
3. Choose the type of settings you want to view.
4. The settings column is added to your Trial List. For a specific trial, the column shows the name of the settings used to acquire the data.
5. In the Experiment Explorer, open that settings profile. Profiles that have been used to acquire data are marked with a lock symbol.

To Create a New Settings/Profile

1. Right-click the corresponding folder in the Experiment Explorer and select New.
2. Type the name for the new profile or accept the suggested name, then press Enter.

To Activate Settings/Profiles

In the Experiment Explorer, right-click the settings/profile you want to activate and select Set as Current.

Active profiles are highlighted in blue in the Experiment Explorer. Activating means that EthoVision XT uses that profile to carry out a procedure. For example, when acquiring data it uses the Arena Settings active at that moment. When calculating statistics, it uses the active Track Smoothing profile.

To Open Settings/Profiles

Right-click the settings/profile you require under the corresponding folder in the Experiment Explorer and select Open. Opening settings/profiles also means that those settings/profiles are activated.

To Edit Settings/Profiles

To edit settings/profiles, open them and then make the necessary changes.

When at least one trial has been carried out, the Arena Settings, Trial Control Settings, and Detection Settings used for that trial are locked. Locked settings are marked by a lock symbol in the Experiment Explorer.

You cannot edit locked settings. If you want to make changes to those settings, make a copy and edit it. Then make sure that you carry out the next trial using the new profile.

If you delete all trials acquired with specific settings, those settings are unlocked and you can edit them.

To Copy Settings/Profiles

Do one of the following:

• Open the settings/profile folder in the Experiment Explorer. Right-click the name of the settings/profile you want to copy and select Duplicate.
• From the Setup or Analyze menu, select the type of settings/profile you want to copy. In the window that opens, select Duplicate From. Change the name of the new settings/profile if necessary, then select the settings/profile you want to copy from.

A new item is added to the folder. Type a new name or accept the suggested one, then press Enter. The suggested name for a new settings/profile is [Settings/Profile] N, where N is the first integer not yet used in the name of the other settings/profiles in that folder.

To Rename Settings/Profiles

1. In the Experiment Explorer, right-click the name of the settings/profile you want to rename and select Rename.
2. The profile name is highlighted. Type the name you require and press Enter.

You cannot rename settings/profiles that were used to acquire at least one trial.

To Delete Settings/Profiles

In the Experiment Explorer, right-click the name of the settings/profile you want to delete and select Delete.

Notes:

• You cannot delete settings/profiles that were used to acquire at least one trial. To delete those settings/profiles, you must first delete the trials (make sure you do not lose any important data).
• You cannot delete settings/profiles if your experiment is set for Quality Assurance (GLP experiment) and you do not have specific rights.
• If the currently active settings/profile is deleted, the first of the remaining settings/profiles in the folder is activated automatically.
• If you delete the only settings/profile in the folder, a new default settings/profile is created automatically.
• If you delete a Data profile or an Analysis profile used to create an analysis result open on your screen (track plot or statistics result), the result is updated according to the first available Data profile, or, if no other profiles are available, a newly created default profile.

Import Data

Aim

To import data from other programs to analyze tracks and other data combined.

Import Track Data from Other Experiments

• Import data from other experiments. Choose this option to merge data from multiple experiments.
• Import Live Mouse Tracker data.

Import Other Types of Data

• Import UltraVox XT 3 call data.
• Import Live Mouse Tracker data.
• To import data acquired with a separate data acquisition (DAQ) system, see Import External Data in EthoVision XT. For how to create an import profile, see Create a New Custom Import Profile.

Note: You cannot import track files from one EthoVision XT experiment into another. Data that you want to analyze together in EthoVision must be acquired in the same experiment.

Import UltraVox XT 3 Call Data

Procedure

1. In EthoVision XT, open the Trial List.
2. Click the Import External Data button.
3. Under Files of Type, select UltraVox XT 3. If you do not see this profile, install it from the UltraVox XT 3 installation package. Open the folder ...Extras\Import profiles and double-click EthoVision XT 11 and Newer.bat.
4. Select the *.etx files and click Open.
5. Drag the data lines from the Import External Data window to the trial, arena, or subject you require.
6. When ready, click Import.

Notes:

• Data for each call name (or call name*pattern label) is imported and resampled as a separate dependent variable.
• For more information on importing and analyzing UltraVox XT call data, and how to control UltraVox XT start and stop data recording, see the UltraVox XT 3 Help.

Export Data

Aim

To export EthoVision XT data to other programs to carry out further analysis.

Export Data from EthoVision XT

• Export the raw data (track and dependent variables).
• Export external data.
• Export manually scored behaviors.
• Export Trial Control data.

Import EthoVision XT Data in Other Applications

• Import data into Excel.
• Import manually scored data into The Observer XT.