Other Tips & Tricks
Saving Files in a .dat Format
Overview Most of file imports and exports handled in Compusense are done using a .csv file format. However, some file imports require .dat file format in order to preserve special characters that the .csv file format is not able to preserve. For ...
Troubleshooting Tips
Overview In reality, things don't always go as planned, even in the perfect world of Sensory Testing :) On this page you can find some common symptoms experienced by panelists or by analysts, and solutions for addressing the symptoms and their ...
Translate Analyst Software
Overview Compusense offers three levels/types of translations: Analyst software translations. Button and label translations on the panelist website. Ballot translations for the panelists. In this workflow we will focus on the first translation type; ...
Saving Files in a .csv Format
Overview Working in Compusense means that sooner or later you will need to import a .csv file to meet some of your testing needs. It could be that you need to import panelists or a custom design. We find that, depending on you MS Excel settings, when ...
Log Panelists Out Automatically
Overview Do you ever find that some of your panelists forget to click the Finished button? You are then left with incomplete data even though likely they answered all the questions. Or do you ever find that some of your panelists forget to log out ...
Advanced Design Creating Workflow
Overview In our basic workflow for creating and importing custom designs we covered a simple example on how to create a design with a warm-up sample always being seen in the first position while other samples are randomized. By popular demand of our ...
Create and Import Custom Designs
Overview Compusense has a wide variety of pre-set experimental plans (designs) that can be added to a test to present samples in a specific order. These same designs can be used for presenting sections in a specific order. However, sometimes a need ...