Creating/Opening a Study

A "Study" is a collection of files pertaining to a particular research project. SSI Web requires that you place your studies in separate directories (folders) on your local drive. If your study is named "abcd," a folder called abcd is created, and a study file named abcd.ssi is created within that folder:

   /abcd/abcd.ssi

We suggest that you place your study directory on your local hard drive rather than a shared network drive. If using a network drive, the performance can be slower, and SSI Web does not support multiple people accessing it at the same time.

To create a new study:

Click File | New Study, browse to the desired directory (or click the Create a New Folder icon) and provide a studyname consisting of four or fewer characters. A folder called STUDYNAME is also created, the STUDYNAME.ssi file is placed within that target directory, and the study is opened.

To open an existing study:

Click File | Open Study, and if necessary browse to the folder containing the study. Then click on the STUDYNAME.ssi file to open a study previously created. You may also select a study name from the list of most recently opened studies, available under the File menu, or when browsing folders double-click a STUDYNAME.ssi file.

To copy the current study to a new path or name:

Open an existing study. Click File | Save Study As.... Browse to the target folder, and type a study name that is no more than 4 characters. SSI Web automatically supplies a .ssi extension to the filename and saves all associated study files (including passwords, graphics directory, and data) using that naming convention to the target folder.