Step-by-Step: Creation of a DataSet from a QuikLook Measurement
The QuikLook menu option is intended to provide the user with quick access to a subset of the Measurement Tasks for a "let's see what we've got" look at a sample. It is not intended to serve as an experiment and does not normally save data. However, methods are in place to allow data to be saved when a measurement turns out to be critical. Exporting data allows them to be sent to locations external to Vision such as a printer, a text file or an Excel file. This topic addresses a method of saving data within Vision. Once acquired data can be saved in a new or existing DataSet.
Note that Vision training normally begins with the introduction of QuikLook measurements. This topic moves from that introductory subject to the more advanced subject of DataSets. That topic has not yet been introduced into these Step-by-Step help pages. You may wish to skip this help page until you have exercised the Step-by-Step pages related to DataSets or have proceeded through the Tutorials.
Step 2: With the Hysteresis Results dialog visible, select "Save to New DataSet".
Figure 1 - Initiate the DataSet. Select "Save to New DataSet" Before Closing.
Step 3: Close the Results dialog. The standard DataSet Creation dialog will appear. Configure the DataSet appropriately.
Figure 2 - Configure the DataSet.
NOTE: The DataSet Path control is automatically updated to assign the DataSet Name value as the DataSet File Name, with a *.dst extension. If the DataSet Name control is edited, the DataSet Path is automatically fully updated to be "<Default Path>\DataSet Name". (Here "<Default Path>" is the last-used DataSet path. "C:\DataSets" is the default folder.) This automatic updating may be defeated by using the Browse button to assign the file path and file name or by editing directly in the DataSet Path control. It will be replaced in further updates to the DataSet Path control if it is changed using the Browse button or by editing directly into the DataSet Path control. Folders in the DataSet Path control need not exist when the DataSet is created. The folders will be created if they are not found. This feature was added at the request of Tohoku University and Michio Ohata-san of Nippon Ferro Technologies.
Step 4: Click OK. The DataSet will be created and opened. A dialog will appear in which to name the Current Test Definition (CTD) and form the base name for the Executed Test Definition (ETD - Figure 3). The Hysteresis Task, configured as it was in the QuikLook execution, will appear as the single Task in the Current Test Definition (CTD). A single Executed Test Definition (ETD) will appear in the Archive. The ETD holds the single Hysteresis Task, configured as in, and containing data measured by, the QuikLook execution. The DataSet Log window will open and will contain an indication that the Hysteresis Task was added to the DataSet.
Figure 3 -Name the CTD.
Figure 4 - DataSet Created from the QuikLook Hysteresis Execution.
Step 5: The Hysteresis Task is ready to execute again within the DataSet. Press <F1> to re-execute the Hysteresis.
Figure 5 - Updated DataSet After CTD Re-execution.
Step 6: Repeat the QuikLook Hysteresis execution. Note that <Ctrl-R> recalls the most recently executed QuikLook Task.
Step 7: From the Data Presentation dialog select "Save to Open DataSet" and then click OK.
Figure 6 - Choose the Existing DataSet.
Step 8: The Task will again become the CTD of the DataSet. A new ETD will be appended to the DataSet Archive. The CTD and ETD Tasks will be configured as in the QuikLook execution and the data stored in the ETD will be those acquired by the QuikLook measurement. Note that if more than one DataSet is open, the DataSet whose tab is selected in the DataSet Explorer will the one that is updated. A dialog will appear to rename the CTD. Apply an appropriate name.
Figure 7 - Rename the CTD.
Step 9: To ascertain that the Hysteresis Task that is stored is configured as in QuikLook and contains the data measured in QuikLook, recall the Task from the DataSet Archive. Open the final ETD, Open the "Experiment Data" folder and double-click on the Hysteresis Task.
Figure 8 - Recall the Hysteresis Task from the DataSet Archive.
Step 10: The Hysteresis Configuration dialog will appear. Most controls are disabled, since the dialog is presented to review, and not change, the Task configuration. The Click For Task Instructions button is active to access the Hysteresis help page. Set Sample Info, Adjust Params, Set SENSOR 1, Set SENSOR 2, Set Amplifier, Set Hysteresis VDF Import, Set Runtime Export and Profile Preview are controls that open sub-dialogs and are active. Controls in the subdialog will not be active.
Figure 9 - The Hysteresis Configuration Dialog. Disabled for Configuration Review Only.
Step 11: The Cancel/Plot control is also active. Click it. The configuration dialog will close and a plot configuration dialog will appear so that the display of the recalled data can be configured. Configure this dialog appropriately.
Figure 10 - Data Plot Configuration Dialog.
Step 12: Click either OK or Cancel and the dialog will be replaced by the QuikLook Results dialog showing both configuration parameters and the measured data. Note that the only difference between this dialog and the QuikLook execution is that the "Save to DataSet" list box is hidden.
Figure 11 - Hysteresis Data Recalled from the DataSet Archive. Note that the Point Cursor is Enabled for Demonstration Purposes.
