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Test schedule report settings

Introduction

The Test schedule report has been designed to help you manage the running of tests in an experiment. As such, the information that you might want displayed will often depend on the exact nature of your protocol.

For example, in a protocol in which you will be using more than one piece of apparatus for simultaneous testing of your animals, you will almost certainly want to include the 'Apparatus' in the report - whereas if you only have a single piece of apparatus, this information would be rather pointless.

Choose the information to show

To choose the information to show in the report is very simple:

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Select the Test scheduling element in the protocol list.

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Select the Test schedule report sub-item.

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Select the columns you want shown using the list displayed in the Settings pane.

Although you might be tempted to include lots of columns, this isn't necessarily a good idea because it will probably mean the report is so big that you have to scroll it from side to side to see everything. In general, I'd advise you to add as few columns as possible, and then alter them as you gain experience using the protocol. Also it's not usually a good idea to include results in the Test schedule, a better place to review the tests' results is the Data page.

The list of measures that you can include in the report is shown in groups and subgroups, 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.

Test schedule report settings

Introduction

Choose the information to show

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