Not being able to get the data in an excel file

New_to_open_sesame

Hello,

I'm quite new to open sesame 3.3.5 (just download it yesterday) and I just made my first experiment. Since I want to do a data analysis in excel, I want to get the data of the variables and trials in an excel file.

However, when I run the experiment the data file doesn't give the data in an excel file.

When looking at the python script at the bottom of the open sesame window I get this after running the experiment:

[2020-11-11 13:07:46,728:psycho:146:INFO] waitblanking = True
[2020-11-11 13:07:46,728:psycho:147:INFO] monitor = testMonitor
[2020-11-11 13:07:46,728:psycho:148:INFO] screen = 0
[2020-11-11 13:07:49,132:experiment:464:INFO] experiment started
[2020-11-11 13:07:49,133:experiment:468:INFO] disabling garbage collection
[2020-11-11 13:07:49,743:psycho:107:WARNING] Canvas.show() took 17.39770000858698 ms
[2020-11-11 13:08:34,356:experiment:476:INFO] experiment finished
[2020-11-11 13:08:34,852:experiment:552:INFO] enabling garbage collection
[2020-11-11 13:08:34,865:process:159:INFO] experiment finished!

I figured out that there is a warning sign at the 6th line "743:psycho:107:WARNING". Does this contribute to the problem of net getting the data in excel? And what does this mean (how should this be fixed)?

Thank you in advance!

New_to_open_sesame

sebastiaan

Hi @New_to_open_sesame ,

When you start the experiment, you indicate the name of a log file. Assuming that you have structured your experiment such that data is logged, this file will then contain your data in .csv format, which you can read with Excel and other programs. You can find more information on this page:

• https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.3/manual/logging/

Hope this helps!

— Sebastiaan