Define Definition

Define the models, input variables, and output responses to be used in the study.

A Definition is used in the Setup and approaches to define the models, input variables, and output responses used in the study. When creating an approach, you can choose to clone the Definition that was defined in either the Setup or an existing approach.

  1. Define Models.
  2. Define Input Variables.
  3. Test Models.
  4. Define Output Responses.
  5. Review definitions in the following ways:
    To: Do this:
    Review status Review the status of a Definition to verify that each step is complete.
    1. Go to the Definition step.
    2. Click the Status tab.

      The work area displays a status of each step in the Definition.

    3. Navigate to a step in the Explorer by clicking Review from the Navigate column.


      Figure 1.
    Compare definitions Compare a Definition with others in the study to identify which are identical or different.
    1. Go to the Definition step.
    2. Click the Compare tab.

      The work area displays a list of Definitions in the study, and indicates which are identical or different.

    3. From the Compare to: column, click Identical or Different.


      Figure 2.
      The Compare Definitions dialog opens. A list of the different types of channels used in the study is displayed, along with a count of all instances found to be identical and different.
    4. Click a channel to display a detailed comparison.


      Figure 3.
    5. Sync data.
      • Click Copy Selected Rows to sync the single row.
      • Click Sync All to sync all rows.


      Figure 4.