Plot integrated data

Choose Integrated Visualization to visualize a set of tracks obtained from one tracking session (trial), together with video, external data (if applicable), and plots of your dependent variables (including manually scored behaviors and external data).

 

This function is particularly useful when you want to compare tracks with the corresponding video.

important You can visualize up to 200 plots at the same time. If the number of subjects/arenas times the number of dependent variables currently selected exceeds this limit, filter the subjects or arenas in your Data Profile, or remove some dependent variables from your Analysis Profile.

Prerequisite

Make sure that the dependent variables you want to plot are specified in the active Analysis profile.

To plot integrated data

1.Choose Analysis > Results > Plot Integrated Data, or in the Experiment Explorer, under Results, click Integrated Visualization.

2.On the toolbar, choose the Track Smoothing profile, the Data profile and the Analysis Profile that you want to use.

 

3.On the toolbar, choose the selection result and the trial you want to visualize. By default, the first trial is selected. To select the next/previous trial, click the buttons next to the drop-down list.

 

The selection result list is available if your current Data profile includes two or more selection results.

4.optional  Customize tracks and plots .

5.View and interpret variable plots .

Notes

▪In the Integrated Visualization screen you can also find one or more External Data plots, depending on how many external data files have been imported in that trial. See External data plots

▪Not all playback speeds might be available. Depending on the video format, you may not be able to play the video at a specific speed.

▪If your data selection contains nesting criteria, all samples are plotted but the samples excluded by nesting are shown shaded.

▪You can visualize up to 200 plots per trial. If the number of dependent variables in your analysis profile times the number of subjects/arenas exceeds this limit, a message informs you that not all charts are visualized. Filter the subjects/arenas in your Data Profile, or remove some variables in your Analysis Profile.

▪The begin time in the video window is the time of the first sample acquired in all arenas.

▪The end time in the video window is the time of the last sample from all arenas. Within each arena, the last sample is marked by the message End of track over the top-left corner of the corresponding arena.

▪For multi-arena setups, the tracks are synchronized, that is, samples of different arenas visualized at a given moment were acquired at the same absolute time.