# Rename or delete a trial

To rename a trial

Trials are given default names depending on the order they are added in your Trial List: Trial 1, Trial 2, etc. (first column of the Trial List).

To rename your trials, edit the Trial name variable in the Trial List.

1.Choose Setup > Trial List.

2.Click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar and select Variables. In the Show Variables window, select Trial name.

3.In the Trial name column, double-click the cell corresponding to the trial you want to rename. Next, enter the new name.

4.The name under Trial is changed automatically, matching what is entered under Trial name.

example You want to rename Trial 5 to Probe Trial.

To delete a trial

Deleting a trial means that all the tracks and external data files (if these have been imported in EthoVision XT) are removed from your PC. To delete a trial, in the Trial List, click a trial and press Delete, or right-click a trial and select Delete Trials.

Note

▪If you have tracked from video files generated with EthoVision XT, you are asked whether you want to keep the video file associated with the trial or delete this file too. See Rename or delete a generated video file.

▪If you have tracked from video files generated with programs other than EthoVision, the video file associated with the trial is kept on your PC.

▪To delete multiple trials, select the trials in the first column of the Trial List, then press Delete or right-click and select Delete Trials.

▪In a multiple-arena experiment, you cannot delete tracks acquired in some arenas within a trial. You can only delete all tracks, that is, the entire trial.

▪If you delete a trial and then add a new one, this is not given the name of the deleted trial. For example, if you have 10 trials in your Trial List and you delete Trial 4, when adding a new trial this is named Trial 11. To avoid this, do not delete the trial but clear it: right-click the trial in the Trial List and select Clear Trials.

See also

▪Clear trials in the Trial List

▪Redo a trial