Extracting Metadata

Here we will extract metadata about subject, session, experiment date and time from the folder structures.

Detect Data Information Fill in automatically the subject ID / Session ID from the subfolder information. SubjectID: 2024-12-04_102815_mouseF1 We select the mouse Subject ID by using Select Substring. Highlight mouseF1.	Image Image: SubjectID
SessionID: For sessionID we need to combine the names of subfolders. Select multiple folders… This opens a box Select Folder Level(s). Highlight one or more folder levels: (click shift to select multiple) 2024-12-04-04_102815_mouseF1 trial_001 Click OK	Image: SessionID Image: Select Folder Level(s)
Experiment Date: 2024-12-04_102815_mouseF1 Select Substring: 2024-12-04 and OK. Enter date format: yyyy-MM-dd Experiment Time: 2024-12-04_102815_mouseF1 Select Substring: 102815 and OK. Enter date format: HHmmss
You should have filled in as the final image on the right column. Click right arrow.	Image
Session Table You get a list of session in a table On The Detect Data Information, Save changes to Data Locations. > YES	Image: SessionTable Image

Tip: After Saving Data Locations you can recover the Session Table using the command

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