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Guide: How to Use and Features (ver.1.03)

3. Submitting the data TOC

On this page:
  • From the spreadsheet to the browser
  • Potential problems
If you are an authorised user you can access the on-line tool through the Data Input link in navigation bar after you log on. You may then submit the Input and Output data to train an ANN to learn a generalisable association.

Data can now be pasted into the right boxes.

Data input: spreadsheet  to browser Let's do it!
First, the Inputs:
Use "Cut&Paste" to get your data from the spreadsheet to the browser.
"Input names" first.
Watch out here!
You can't just mark the row with the input name in your spreadheet, copy, then move to your browser and paste it!
If you you look carefully, you see that we need one name per line in the browser.
One way to get this is to insert a "carriage return" between the names. So, mark the space between the end of one name and the beginning of the next and press "enter".
Repeat this till you have it right.

If the lines are very long, your browser may wrap the line around.
This looks like something went wrong.
And in fact, you might have exceeded the maximum line length of the clipboard, which is responsible for the transfer of the data from the spreadsheet and the browser (no real solution for that by now).

... then the Outputs.....

Please notice the Submitting Rules:

  • input and output names are placed in rows - each name in its own row;
  • input and output data are placed in columns, one column for each name, one row for each case.
  • For the input and output data values in each row must be separated by at least one tab or space character. In this example we made a straightforward copy/paste action from our spreadsheet, which automatically places data in the right place - one tab separation between each column of values. You can do it this way, pasting from any Tab-delimited text file or from an Excel worksheet, or you can introduce data manually, as long as you separate values with at least one tab or space between each column.
  • The number of rows for the input and the output data must match.
By pressing the "Submit" button, you get a text listing of the data submitted in the "Data Confirmation Page". If everything looks OK and the data is introduced correctly according to the rules described you will be allowed to proceed - pushing the "Next" button - and invited to introduce a name and a short description for the ANN to be trained.

After this final operation you get a new screen (white bos below) confirming that the data was submitted and an ID number is assigned so you can retrieve it and use it later:

Job submitted.

Please wait until you receive an email indicating that your job is finished, and then go to the ANN List page.
If you prefer you can leave this browser open and the click in this link

TestUser_977142474_7069_bee3133fe707c783f61bddcbe6c42612

An e-mail was sent to TestUser@microcortex.com
ID NUMBER: TestUser_977142474_7069_bee3133fe707c783f61bddcbe6c42612

You also get an email with a similar message.

Now move on to the next step: "Analyse the ANN".

Note: The sample data used to generate this example is available: Download Data.