Manage how you see what you've got

CytoGenie 4.0 lets you create, save and share online* all the different ways you want to view your data, whether reagent inventories, instrument configurations, stain sets, protocols, or tables, labels and keywords.  Bring to the forefront the different characteristics you want to study.  See the forest.  See the trees.  See any section of the trees you want, moving from one view to the others with only a couple of mouse clicks.

* You will need our CytoGenie Lab version to enjoy online sharing.  CytoGenie Basic and CytoGenie Pro do not have this capability.

The tools to manage your data are part of our rapidly developing Splice and dice™ technology: you'll find them right at hand on any relevant mass of data.  Right click anywhere on the data field or click the double downward arrow at the top right of the field.

An options menu will appear.  We've inserted blue arrows to point out the individual tools that let you create and save your trees, tables, columns, rows, and entire views.

Trees & tables

The Tree tool lets you quickly organize your data into various hierarchies by selecting and sequencing columns in the underlying table.  As the screenshot to the left shows, our Spice and dice technology automatically supplies the root, which is the base of any tree. The superscript numbers tell you how many items each level displays. Click any of the + signs to open the tree.

Beside the root, the tree at the left has four levels or branches – Type, Epitope, Color/conjugate, and Catalog no.  Each represents a column in the underlying table.

Click any level or branch to highlight it in the table that accompanies the tree.

To create this hierarchy for yourself, click the Catalog tree or Tree button.  Alternatively, you can right-click to activate the Options menu.  Then click Tree. 

 
A small menu will appear.  Click New tree.  A sub-menu will open.  Click Start fresh.

The Custom tree builder will appear.  Click the arrow to view the drop-down Column list.  Click & drag the scroll bar to find the column name you want.  Click it.  Click Add. 

Repeat the process.  Each time you add the next level down in your hierarchy.  You may create as many levels as you want.

At any point in creating a tree, you can easily remove a level that you previously entered.  Click to re-select the entry on the drop-down Column list.  Click Remove.  To change the sequence of your levels, click Start fresh again and start over with the Custom tree builder.

Columns  

To change the width of any column, click the column border and drag it right or left.  To change the order of columns, click the column header and drag it to the position you want.  CytoGenie will remember the changes you make.

To hide a column, click its heading.  To select several columns, hold down the CTRL key while clicking.  Then click the Downward options arrow.

The Options menu will pop up.  Click Manage columns.  A sub-menu will pop up.  Click Hide.  For more detailed control, click Sort/arrange columns.

A window will display a set of Column options.  Go to the Hidden? column.  Click to leave a checkmark in the box of any heading you want to hide, or to remove the checkmark from any heading you want to show.  You can always come back to this window to hide or unhide any of the columns.

The Sort/arrange columns window also gives you an alternative way to create a tree by choosing which columns to sort and the order in which to sort them.

In addition, you can determine whether you want the columns to sort in descending rather than ascending order, and you can rearrange the sequence in which the columns will appear.  Click the colum names you wish to move.  Then click the up and down arrows to move the columns left or right when they appear in a table.

Find / Show only

Just as you might expect, the Find tool on the Options menu lets you search your data to locate specific items.  Less obviously, Find lets you create a finely-tuned view of your data.  Click to highlight whatever portion of your data you want to start with.  We've clicked root to highlight the entire table.  Then right-click anywhere on the table or click the double downward arrow. 

The Options menu will pop up.  Click Find.  A sub-menu will open.  Click Find / show only.

The Find window will appear.  Click individual cells to reveal the drop-down arrows.  Click the arrows to select any mix of available Operators and Search values you want.  When you've entered your choices, click Show all.

You will now see the view you created.  The top two rows show the Operators and Search values you selected.  To remove the view, right-click on the table or click the double downward arrow.

The Options menu will pop up.  Click Find.  The sub-menu will appear.  Click Show all.  To remove the top two lines from the table, click Hide filter UI.

Manage rows

To print details about reagents you've entered, go to the Manage reagents window and do the following:

1. Click to highlight a row or rows.
2. Right click anywhere on the table.
3. Or click the double downward arrow.
4. An options menu will pop up.  Click Manage rows.
5. A sub-menu will appear.  Click Show in browser.

The data will appear in your browser, where you can easily print it out.

If you are using CytoGenie Pro or CytoGenie Lab, you can also export a selected row or rows.

1. Click to highlight a row or rows.
2. Right click anywhere on the table.
3. Or click the double downward arrow.
4. An options menu will pop up.  Click Manage rows.
5. A sub-menu will appear.  Click Export.

 
The Export window will appaer.  Type in a name and click Export.  You can similarly import rows that others have exported.

Manage views 

You may save any of these views you might want to reuse.  On the Options menu, click Manage view.  A sub-menu will appear.  Click Save this view.

A Save view window will appear.  Type in a a file name.  Click Save view.   You can save dozens of different views, which will save you an enormous amont of time.

To see how useful this can be, go back to your data and click Catalog tree or tree.  A small menu will appear.  Click Restore table.

The tree will disappear and only the columns of the table will display.  Right-click on the table or click the double downward arrow.

The Options menu will pop up.  Click Manage view.  A sub-menu will appear.  Click Open different view.

The Load view window will appear.  Click the view you just saved.  Click Load view/layout. 

The view you created and saved will now display.  In CytoGenie Lab, you can share your views online with your co-workers.