General behavior¶

Here, we describe some general concepts that are shared by most plugins.

Recursive search for data¶

Some plugins will perform by default a recursive search for data, for others this is an option.

A recursive search means simply that not only the provided folder will be searched for files fitting the specified criteria, but also all subfolders.

Specify folder to save results¶

Several possibilities are provided to specify the folder to save the results of the different workflows. Here, the general options are described, if a plugin deviates from this default behavior it will be described in the respective plugin.

When asked to define a folder to save results, you can:

1. Directly define a full path where the results should be stored. If the folder doesn't exist, it will be created.

2. Define a folder with a text replacement. This option can be useful if many folders are processed, e.g. when a recursive search is performed.

   • Such a replacement operation is indicated with a string in the format str_orig>>str_new, where 'str_orig' is the orginal string, str_new is the new string.
   • For instance, using the string acquisition>>analysis implies that in the folder name D:\example_data\acquisition, acquisition will be replaced with analysis, yielding D:\example_data\analysis.