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Animal details report

Introduction

The Animal details report acts as a unified location where you can see all the information relating to an individual animal. This will, of course, include the results of any tests performed on the animal. However, as you have probably noticed, ANY-maze can analyse literally hundreds of different results and this obviously leads to the question of which results should actually be included in the report.

In most protocols, there will be a few key results, such as the 'Percentage of time in the open arms' in a plusmaze, or the 'Time to find the island' in a water-maze and you will probably find it useful if these, at least, are shown in the report. That's not to say that you can only include a limited number of results - you can include as many as you like - but you probably won't want to make the report unwieldy by including lots of data.

Choosing the results to display in the report

To actually choose the results to include in the report, you should:

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Select the Animal details report item in the protocol list (this item is automatically included in the protocol and you can't be deleted).

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Use the list displayed in the Settings pane to select the measures whose results you want to include.

The list of measures is shown in groups and subgroups and you simply need to click a group or subgroup title to open it.

If you right click in the measures list, a menu containing some or all of the following options will appear:

Details about this measure

Only available if you click on a specific measure. Displays a comprehensive help topic about the measure, including information about how it is calculated.

Select all

There are potentially three 'Select all' options (exactly how many you'll see depends on what you click on in the measure list). One option selects all of the measures in the entire list, the others select all the measures in the current measure group or subgroup. Although the option to select all measures might appear to provide an easy way to view all the of analysis (and it is), you should be aware that it will usually create a very large report.

Deselect all

There are potentially three 'Deselect all' options (exactly how many you'll see depends on what you click on in the measure list). One deselects all the measures in the entire list - which is useful if you just want to reset the list and start over selecting the measures to include - the others deselect all the measures in the current measure group or subgroup.

Select same as

This options opens a sub-menu that lists other reports defined in the protocol. If you'd like the measures in this report to be the same as those in one of the other reports, just select the appropriate entry in the list. This saves you having to repeat the same selections again and again.

Expand all

There are potentially two 'Expand all' options: One opens all of the groups so you can see all the measures that are available, the other opens all the subgroups in the current measure group.

Collapse all

There are potentially two 'Collapse all' options: One closes all of the groups making the list shorter and easier to work with, the other closes all the subgroups in the current measure group.

If you want to select a block of items within the same group then you can use a 'shift-click' as follows: Click the first item you want to select, then hold down the shift key on the keyboard and click the last item you want to select. All the items from the first to the last (inclusive) will change to the same state as the LAST item now has. This works whether you're selecting or deselecting items - all the items simply change to have the same state as the LAST item you click.

Animal details report

Introduction

Choosing the results to display in the report

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