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Undoing a performed test

Introduction

In some situations you might want to 'undo' a test you've just performed - for example, you might have started the test accidentally.

Details

How to Undo a test

To undo the last test you performed in a specific piece of apparatus click the

button shown above the apparatus image on the Tests page.

A message will be displayed asking you to confirm the action. BE CAREFUL - undoing a test will irrevocably lose any data recorded for the test.

Clicking Yes will throw away the test's results and set the test back to being 'unperformed'.

Tests are 'undone' in the order they were performed

Undoing a test 'undoes' the last test performed on the relevant apparatus. Using 'Undo' again will undo the test before last, and so on back through the tests you've performed. You can only undo test you've performed since you opened the experiment file. For example, if you performed 3 tests yesterday and 2 today then you can undo the 2 tests from today but not those you performed yesterday.

If you want to 'undo' a test that's not the previous test you performed (or it's a test you performed in a previous session) then you should cancel the test instead.

Don't undo tests you performed on the wrong animal

If you accidentally test the wrong animal, for example ANY-maze is expecting you to test animal 4 and you actually test animal 5, then you shouldn't undo the test. Instead you should use the Test details report to change the number of the animal the test was performed on. ANY-maze will then automatically adjust the test schedule and animal 4 (in the example) will be scheduled for the next test.

Sometimes it's better to 'Cancel' a test than 'Undo' it

When you undo a test you lose all reference to the fact that the test was performed at all. If for example, you accidentally ran a test without putting an animal in the apparatus then this would be exactly what you'd want, but if you undo a test which was actually performed on an animal then it might be better to Cancel the test as this will mean that ANY-maze still records the fact that the test was performed on the animal, although it will ignore it in ALL other respects.

When 'undo' is unnecessary

If you do accidentally start a test then you don't necessarily need to 'undo' the test. Instead you can stop the test, by clicking the button and then simply answer No when asked if you would like to save the results recorded so far. If you do answer Yes (perhaps without meaning to), then subsequently 'undoing' the test will have the same effect as answering No would have had.

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