Change default fields

Online experiments
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Hello, when doing an experiment on PsychoPy how can we change the fields to be filled in when we start the experiment? (view the photo)

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Hello,

simply edit the field names of the Experiment Setting info
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Clicking the minus-sign deletes a field, clicking the ±sign adds a field. Notice that the field called participant is used to construct the result file-name. So, you have to edit the file-name pattern on the Data-tab.

Best wishes Jens

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I would strongly recommend not changing participant since the edit that @JensBoelte is suggesting doesn’t work online.

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however, the modification was made on pavlovia.
on the other hand, sometimes the results of the experiment do not appear in my files when I press “download results”, do you have an explanation? (I nevertheless put the option "save icomplete results)

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Hello,

so does changing the field name and editing the file-name work on-line or not? From what you wrote I conclude that it did work.

Best wishes Jens

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When you tried it were the CSV files all named PARTICIPANT or with your VPn?

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Hello

I only tried in piloting. Yes, the result-file is called PARTICIPANT and not VPn or the value you entered in the VPn-field. However, VPn is saved to the result-file. So in case that two participants finish the experiment in the same exact moment, you probably loose a file.

Best wishes Jens
Sorry, I had to delete the link to the repository. I had to make some changes to the experiment and it did not sync properly.

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I don’t think this would cause you to lose data but having useful CSV and log file names is why I recommend sticking with participant.

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Hello wakecarter

it is certainly an advantage to have useful CSV and logfile-names. But the approach PsychoPy has chosen unfortunately does not consider non-English speaking participants. So, depending on your non-English sample you have to decide between useful CSV/logfile-names and a meaningful info-dialog.

I would prefer if PsychoPy offered more flexibility here.

Bets wishes Jens

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Hopefully PsychoPy will sort custom file names eventually. In the meantime you could use one of my tools to generate a useful value for participant.

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Hello @wakecarter ,

thanks for pointing to your really helpful tools and let’s hope that PsychoPy will allow for custom file names eventually.

Best wishes Jens