Data output, not in order of routine

[radi]

Hi,

I have noticed my local task is not saving the same output as my online task (same routines)

It seems the routine order is wrong with the participant ID, sessions, operating system at the end of the excel and a random routine component at the beginning.

Both the local and online task files have the same data output settings.

(from the local data output file)

[wakecarter]

Does this help?

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Data variable order The default order of variables in a data file is “first added” which can cause issues if you make the assumption that all of your data columns will be in the same order (for example by merging csv files without regard to the variable names). The change of variable order can happen if you have a secondary response that is contingent on another response such that it sometimes (but not always) happens on the first trial. Here is a simple example where trial_2 is contingent on …

[radi]

That is useful information, but does it mean i need to order all the routines and components in the order i want them, and then change it to priority?

[wakecarter]

Ordering by priority only works locally so you could try giving the columns priority which matches their online order if the online order is consistent.