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Saving (survey) data to a server location

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Max	Max posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 118	Dear Inquisit's, we have a laboratory with 20 workstations + one server. We'd like to save the data to the server directly instead of collecting it from the workstations. Hypothetically all subjects answer the same survey and finish at the same time. Do we have to face any issues when 20 workstations try to write to the same "demographics.iqdat"? If so, how can we prevent this? ATB, Max Tags data iqdat server survey
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Dave	Dave posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 103K	> Do we have to face any issues when 20 workstations try to write to the same "demographics.iqdat"? Yes, this could cause problems such as corrupted data files, data loss, data recorded out of order, ... > If so, how can we prevent this? You can force the creation of separate file by setting the <survey> element's /separatefiles attribute to 'true'.
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Max	Max posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 118	Okay got it. It is working so far. One question remains if we decide to save the data to a local folder: Is it possible to work with relative paths too? E.g. the script is located in "C:\Users\me\rive\UB\Documents\Kfbn\000_data\001_scripts\03a_behavioral-task-pretest\2014-04-22_behavioral-task-pretest.iqx" and the data should be saved here: Raw file "C:\Users\ws1\rive\UB\Documents\Kfbn\000_data\03a_behavioral-task-pretest\raw\" Summary file "C:\Users\ws1\rive\UB\Documents\Kfbn\000_data\03a_behavioral-task-pretest\sum\" The "ws1" is the number of the workstation, i.e. for workstation 2 it needs to be replaced by "ws2", for no. 3 with "ws3" and so on. Is it possible use a relative path in the file argument? This is what we tried, unfortunately it is not working. Raw file: "/ file = "..\..\000_data\03a_behavioral-task-pretest\raw\" Sum file: "/ file = "..\..\000_data\03a_behavioral-task-pretest\sum\" A relative path would offer much more flexibility and it would save time when copying the script to different locations (>> no adaptation needed). ATB Max Tags data data storage file path relative file path
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Dave	Dave posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 103K	To save the data to a subfolder relative to the the script's location, use <data> [...] / file = "./raw/" / separatefiles = true </data>
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Max	Max posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 118	Sorry Dave, I tried it for the standard Stroop task but couldn't get it working. See attached screenshot for the folder structure and the error message. Attachments Screen Shot 2014-05-23 at 15.07.06.png (1K views, 94.00 KB) Screen Shot 2014-05-23 at 15.22.12.png (984 views, 26.00 KB)
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Max	Max posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 16, Visits: 118	Max (5/23/2014) Sorry Dave, I tried it for the standard Stroop task but couldn't get it working. See attached screenshot for the folder structure and the error message. arrrghhh, the raw folder is one level above, but it's still not working. Attachments Screen Shot 2014-05-23 at 15.27.54.png (1,000 views, 21.00 KB)
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Dave	Dave posted 10 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details Share Post
Group: Administrators Posts: 13K, Visits: 103K	Sorry, didn't realize you were asking about OSX. That's currently broken / not possible (a bug report for that already exists, so no need for further action).
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