Knowledge Base

Work With Data Selection Boxes

This topic contains instructions for the basic operations with selection boxes. See also Create Your Data Selection.

Move a Selection Box

1. Click the margin of the box. The mouse cursor changes to a four-headed arrow.
2. Drag the box to the position you require.
3. Release the mouse button. The new box is inserted.

To move a group of selection boxes:

1. Draw a box around the boxes you want to move, or click on the boxes you want to select while holding the Ctrl key. As a result, the border of the selected boxes becomes darker.
2. Hover the mouse on the margin or the colored area of one of the selected boxes. The mouse cursor changes to a four-headed arrow.
3. Drag the group of boxes to the position you require.

Insert a Box in a Data Selection Sequence

1. Drag the selection box between two boxes, until the connecting arrow turns white.

Connect Two Selection Boxes

1. Point the mouse to the center of the first box, press and hold the left mouse button and drag toward the center of the other box.
2. Release the mouse button when the pointer has reached the center of the other box. The two boxes are connected.

You cannot create connections from the Result box to any other box, and from any box to the Start box.

Change the Selection Criteria in a Selection Box

Follow the instructions below when you have inserted a selection box and you want to adjust the settings to restrict or widen your selection. For example, when you have selected drug dose = 0.01 and 0.05 in the first instance, and you want to remove 0.05.

1. Locate the selection box that specifies the criterion you want to change.
2. Click the Settings button.
3. Select the appropriate values in the window that appears.

Copy and Paste a Selection Box

Follow this procedure to quickly duplicate Filter, Nesting, and Results boxes. If needed, you can always change the settings in the new selection box that is created.

1. Select one or more selection boxes in the Data profile.
2. Choose Edit > Copy, or right-click and choose Copy, or press Ctrl+C.
3. If necessary, open the Data profile where you want to copy the boxes to.
4. Choose Edit > Paste, or right-click and select Paste, or press Ctrl+V.

Note that the new selection box is given the same name as the original one, followed by a number (2), (3), etc.

Delete a Selection Box

1. Click the title of the box so the mouse pointer changes to a four-headed arrow. To select a group of selection boxes, draw a box around the selection boxes that you want to delete, or click on each of those boxes while holding the Ctrl key.
2. Press Delete, or choose Edit > Delete, or right-click and choose Delete.

You cannot delete the Start box. You can delete a Result box only if another one has been inserted in the Data Profiles window. If you delete a box within a sequence, the arrows connecting the adjacent boxes are lost. Therefore, you must re-connect the adjacent boxes.

Delete a Connecting Arrow

1. Click the connecting arrow you want to delete. The arrow turns bold to show it is selected.
2. Press Delete. The arrow is deleted.

Source: EthoVision XT 19 Help - Introduction to Data Analysis, Noldus Information Technology