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Re-performing a test

Introduction

In some circumstance you may wish to re-perform a test. For example, you might realise that adjusting some settings, such as brightness or contrast, will improve the tracking, or you might want the tracking to continue for longer than it did when you first performed the test.

The key point here is that you are still saying that the animal had this test and that the test was still its Xth trial in the relevant stage - just that you want to re-perform the tracking of that particular test. Contrast this with cancelling a test, where you're saying that the test should be removed altogether (when you do that the trials 'above' the cancelled test all move down and, if appropriate, a new test is added in at the end of the stage to replace it).

Note that when you re-perform a test the new results (of the re-performed test) replace those of the original test, if what you want to do is review the test and add additional scoring to it, then see this topic.

Details

How to re-perform a test:

There are two ways to re-perform a test:

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Open the Testing status menu on the Test schedule report (by clicking the little down arrow next to the testing status) and then select Re-perform test from the options which appear.

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Alternatively:

Click the Test number on the Test schedule report.

The Test details report will open.

Click the

Mark test to be re-performed button in the ribbon bar.

Click the

Back button shown in the report's title bar to return to the Test schedule report.

The test will be scheduled as the next test to perform (unless there are other tests to be re-performed before it).

Changing your mind

Having specified that you want to re-perform a test you can still change your mind. Either select Un-mark test to be re-performed from the Testing status menu, or return to the Test details report and select the Un-mark test to be re-performed button in the ribbon bar.

Note that once you actually have re-performed the test then you can't do this anymore.

The results of a re-performed test replace the original results

When you re-perform a test the results of the re-performed test entirely replace the results of the original test - there is then no way to recover the original results should you change your mind. Note that this is only the case after the test has actually been re-performed - until then you can simply cancel the request to re-perform the test, as described in the section above.

Until re-performed a test continues to have its original results

When you specify that a test is to be re-performed (by clicking the Re-perform this test link - see the first section above), ANY-maze simply notes your request and schedules the re-performance of the test as the next thing to do. However, until the test is actually re-performed the results of the original test are still valid and will be shown in all relevant reports.

ANY-maze help topic T1379