Data Handling
ZEN core allows you to flexibly handle and store the data into the included archive. When you finish your work you can decide whether you want to keep the data readily available or store/upload it to the archive. (In Free Mode only.) The upload task is performed in the background; you can continue working in ZEN core while the data is being transferred. You can perform multiple transfer actions simultaneously.
In case that you do not want to use the archive, you can save the results to a local folder on the disk.
Data are generated during a session in Free Mode or when executing a job in Job Mode. You store data in a result set that includes result items. The most important (but not the only ones) are the following:
- Images (*.czi)
- Tables (*.czt)
- Documents (*.docx or *.pdf)
Basically, you have the following options for data handling when leaving Free Mode or Job Mode:
- Archive: You have finished your work and want to archive the data.
- Discard: You have finished your work but you do not want to keep your unsaved changes.
When you are leaving the Free Mode or are at the end of a job, you can decide which option to choose.
In Free Mode only, you can also save your data locally, for example if you want to pause your work and resume to it later without the need to upload the data to the archive.
You can export data to your local drive, which you can trigger within Free Mode.
Local Storage
The local storage is a dedicated folder location to save results during work before uploading them to the archive. Once uploaded successfully to the archive, the results are deleted from the local storage. If you download data from the archive, they are stored in the local storage.
Saved results are accessible in the Browse Results.
The local storage location is set in the Archive Options.
Archive
The archive is the central location for storing and managing result sets and templates.
Basically, the archive can be split in three areas:
- Area for organizing all kind of templates except job templates which is found under Manage Templates.
- Area for all results which is found under Browse Results.
- Area for all jobs to be managed under Job Mode.
Access to the items in the archive depends on the current user's privileges, which can be set up in the software for each usergroup of the system. Technically the software supports the following archive types:
- Local archive: suitable for a single system (free)
- ZEN Data Storage archive: ZEN Data Storage provides a client/server database solution for microscopy customers who deal with the storage of large amounts of data originating from one or several microscopes. ZEN Data Storage allows the exchange of data and workflows and supports microscopists who want to separate image acquisition from post-acquisition work. In this way it also facilitates correlative workflows where the data of a sample can be accessed from a centralized location.
The archive is set in the Archive Options.