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SoftMouse.NET Workflows and Frequently Asked Questions
Follow these common Workflows and FAQs to become an Expert in digital mouse colony management
Get Started
Get Started
  • Getting Started
  • Import your Historical Colony Data
  • Free Data Importing Services
  • Premium Data Importing Service
  • Backfill your Historical Colony Data
  • Start from Scratch
  • Consult with a SoftMouse Representative
  • How to Format your FREE Data Import Sheet
    • Mice
    Mice
  • How To Create New Mice
  • How to Change the Default Wean, Mature, Tail Tag Ages
  • How to Deactivate a Mouse Record
  • Mark Pups As Ended
  • How to Delete a Mouse Record
    • Cages
    Cages
  • Creating Cages
  • Move Mice Into NEW Cages
  • Move Mice Into EXISTING Cages without Filter
  • Move Mice Into EXISTING Cages with Filter
  • How to End a Whole Cage
  • Add Location and Cage Capacities
    • Breeding Schemas
    Breeding Schemas
  • How To Create New Matings
  • Set Up a Harem in ONE Record
  • Set Up a Harem in TWO Records
  • Male Rotations...
  • Retire and Remate the Male
  • Add an Active Male Breeder to Multiple Matings
  • Set Up Weanlings in Matings
  • Track Plug Dates
  • How to Add a Mouse to a Mating Record
  • Set Up a Pending Mating
  • How to Retire a Breeder
  • How to Disband a Mating
  • How To End Old Breeders
  • Add a Pregnant Female
  • How to Add Pregnancy Date
    • Litters
    Litters
  • How To Create New Litters
  • Add a Litter to a deactivated Mating
  • Enter a Litter with Unknown Size
  • Add Pups to an Existing Litter
  • Foster A Litter
  • Edit the Parents of a Litter
  • Track Embryonic Litter
  • Move Mother and Pups to New Cage
  • Distinguish Between Alive and Ended Pups
  • Select the Mother of a Litter in a Harem Mating
  • How to Auto-Populate Generation to Litters
  • How to Delete a Litter
  • How to End a Litter
    • Tag and ID
    Tag and ID
  • Using Physical Tags
  • Add Ear Marks With Alt. ID
  • Physical Tag Automation
  • Searching for Multiple Tags and SIDs
  • How to Enable RapID Tag Functionality
  • How to Scan Mice with RapID Tags
  • Adding RapID to your Cage Cards
    • Genotype
    Genotype
  • Understanding Genotypes in SoftMouse
  • Ordering your Genes in the Genotype Display
  • Add Genotypes to Unweaned Pups
  • Find Mice to be Genotyped
  • Add Genotype to a Single Mouse
  • Add Genotypes to Multiple Mice
  • Edit Genotype of a Single Mouse
  • Edit Genotypes of Multiple Mice
  • Filtering By Genotype
  • SoftMouse.NET Integration with Transnetyx
  • Prepare your Transnetyx Account
  • Create a Transnetyx Order
  • Upload Genotype Results
  • Update a Transnetyx Order
  • Search for a Transnetyx Well Plate
  • Import Genotype Results
  • Link your Transnetyx Account to SoftMouse.NET
  • Acquire Your Transnetyx API Refresh Token
  • Turn off the Transnetyx API Integration
  • Manage User Access to the Transnetyx Account
    • Wean
    Wean
  • Tag, Genotype And Wean One Litter At A Time
  • Tag, Sex, and Genotype Multiple Litters At A Time
  • Wean Mice Before the Set Wean Date
  • Wean Litter and Exclude Unneeded Pups
  • Wean Multiple Litters at a Time
  • Get a List of Unweaned Pups
    • Mouselines - Strains
    Mouselines - Strains
  • How To Create New Mouselines
  • How To Edit Mouselines
  • How to Add Strains
  • How to change the Strain of Multiple Mice at a time
  • How to Transfer a Mouseline
    • Cage Cards
    Cage Cards
  • How to Customize Cage Cards
  • How to Print Multiple Cage Cards Per Sheet
  • How to Scan the QR Codes on Cage Cards
  • Where to Print Cage Cards
  • Configure Cage Cards From Chrome Browser
  • Configure Cage Cards From Firefox Browser
  • Configure Cage Cards From Safari Browser
    • Calendar and Events
    Calendar and Events
  • Set Email Reminders for Events
  • How to Create a Calendar Event
  • How to Add Records to an Existing Event
  • How to View All Records in an Event
    • Lineage and History
    Lineage and History
  • The Mouse Record
  • The Mating Record
  • The Litter Record
  • The Cage Record
  • Find All Pups From One Breeder
  • How to search for the Family Tree of a Mouse
  • Add Parents to Existing Mice
    • Projects and Experiments
    Projects and Experiments
  • Create an Experiment
  • Modify Mice in an Experiment
  • Find Mice in or not in an Experiment
  • Add a Mouse Back Into an Experiment
  • Delete Mice and Remove Mice Explained
  • Add Time Points at Random
  • Add Mice to an Existing Experiment
    • Protocols
    Protocols
  • Create a New Protocol
  • Automate Protocol Assignment
  • Manually Assign Protocols to Mice
  • Track No. of Animals Used
  • How Key Contacts Work
  • Print Protocol on the Cage Card
  • Search for Mice in a Specific Protocol
  • Archive and Restore a Protocol
  • Delete a Past Protocol
  • Attach a File to a Protocol
  • Add an Amendment
  • Allow other users to Set Protocol Permissions for the Group
  • Allow Users to Create Protocols
  • Allow Users to Edit or View Protocols
  • Allow Users to Assign Protocols to Mice or Cages
  • View a Protocol Without Edit Permission
    • Requests
    Requests
  • Create a Request with Colony Records
  • Create a Simple Request (no Colony Records)
  • Mark a Request as Done
  • Edit a Request
  • Who Can See Created Requests
  • How to View Completed Requests
  • How to see All Requests
    • Per Diems
    Per Diems
  • Set up Per Diem Rates
  • Assign a Per Diem to a Cage
  • Visualize Colony Costs
  • Export Colony Costs for Billing Purposes
    • Filter and Report
    Filter and Report
  • Quick Filter
  • How to View a List of all Your Mice
  • Find Total Mouse Count per Cage Type
  • Find Total Cage Count per Cage Type
  • Find Total Pup Count per Mouseline
  • Find Embryonic Litters
  • Sticky Filters
  • Viewing Total Colony Counts
  • Count of Mice Born or Weaned
  • Count of Ended Mice
  • Filter for Ended Mice
  • Filter for Weaned or Ended Litters
  • Filter for Inactive Cage Records
  • Filter for Archived Mouselines
  • Filter for Inactive Mating Pairs
  • How to Save Filters
  • Count of Mice Alive on a Given Day
  • Count of Active Cages a Given Day
  • Count of Active Matings on a Given Day
  • How to Export Your Data
    • Tips and Suggestions
    Tips and Suggestions
  • Upload Files to a Record
  • Mouse States Explained
  • Display Cage Tag in the Litter List
  • "No Change" in Drop Down Lists Explained
  • View Total Number of Records after Filtering
  • Archive Customizable Values
  • What Are SIDs
  • New Features Version 4 3 0
    • Account Customization
    Account Customization
  • Set General Preferences
  • Notification Lists
  • Color Coding Mouselines
  • Color Coding Mice
  • Customize Drop Down Lists
  • Customize Table Columns
  • Customize your Column Order
  • Mouseline - Default Genotype Associations
  • Mouseline - Strain Associations
  • Mouseline - Gene Associations
  • Gene - Allele Associations
  • Mouseline - Protocol Associations
  • Request - Subtype Associations
  • Owner - Billing Code Associations
  • How to Multi-Sort Columns
    • Undo and Fix Errors
    Undo and Fix Errors
  • Reactivate Ended Mice
  • Change a Mating's Set Up Date
  • Edit the Date Mated of Breeders
  • Switch Incorrect Breeders and Litter Parents
  • Enter Litter DOB Before Current Date
  • How to Reactivate a Disbanded Mating
  • Undo a Wean
  • How to Reassign a Litter to a New Mating
  • SoftMouse.NET Data Import Warning and Error Chart
    • Group Accounts
    Group Accounts
  • Create New Users in a Group
  • How to Deactivate a User
  • Strategies for Group Accounts
  • Set up a Decentralized Account (Lab Admin)
  • Set up a Centralized Account (Lab Admin)
  • Set Preference to View Centralized Colony Data
  • Associate an Existing Account to a New User
  • View Only Account Rights
  • How to Add an Admin
  • How to Change the Admin
  • Access Inactive User Data
  • How to Change Account Owner
  • How to Set Up an Access Only User
    • Sharing and Transfers
    Sharing and Transfers
  • Transfer Mice Between Owners
  • How to View Colony Data of Other Users
  • How to grant General Access
  • How to grant Overriding permissions in General Access
  • How to grant Edit or View only Access
  • How to grant Create and Transfer Access
  • How to grant Edit Access Permissions on specific fields
  • How to grant Access Permissions to your data
    • Account and Security Tips
    Account and Security Tips
  • Browser Compatibility
  • How to Clear Cache on Browsers
  • I Forgot My Password
  • How to Change your Password
  • What Does Inactive User Mean
  • Why Would A SoftMouse Account Access Be Deactivated
  • How to Reactivate My SoftMouse FREE Account Access
  • How Do I Know if My SoftMouse Account Access Has Been Deactivated
  • Do you keep a backup of our SoftMouse data
  • Recommended mobile devices for SoftMouse.NET
  • Security Hygiene Tips
  • Access Policy
  • How to Use the Activity History Log
    • Premium vs Forever FREE
    Premium vs Forever FREE
  • What is SoftMouse FREE
  • How to get SoftMouse FREE
  • How Long Can I Use SoftMouse FREE
  • Comparison Table Premium versus FREE
  • Features not available in SoftMouse FREE
    • Samples
    Samples
  • How to Add Samples to Protocols
  • How to Associate Sample Content
  • How to Configure Tube Labels
  • How to Create a Takedown Schema
  • How to Populate the Takedown Schema Template Library
  • How to Add or Edit Sequential ID
  • How to Enter a Takedown Request
  • How to Print Labels
  • How to Scan and Collect Samples
  • How to Create or Use an Emergency Kit
  • How to Find Animals Scheduled for Takedown
  • How to Find Samples Collected on a Specific Date
  • How to Find Samples Planned to be Collected on a Specific Date
  • How to Edit a Sample
  • How to Change the Study Group of an Animal
  • How to Mark an Accidentally Collected Sample as Archived
  • How to Mark an Accidentally Archived Sample as Collected
    • Orders
    Orders
  • How to Create a Regular (One-Time) Order
  • How to Create a Standing Order
  • Order States Explained
  • How to Confirm an Order
  • How to Pre-Receive an Order
  • How to Receive an Order
  • How to Create a Multi-Order
    • Studies
    Studies
  • How to Create a Task
  • How to Create a Workflow
  • How to Add a Schedule to a Study
  • How to Enter Study Data
  • How to View Tasks on the Calendar
  • How to Create a New Project
  • How to Assign Tasks to Users
  • How to Create a New Study and Study Groups
  • How to Create a Task with Thresholds
  • How to Add Time points to an existing Task
  • How to Add Animals to Study
  • How to Create a Task with Auto Calculated Value
  • How to Modify Time Points on an existing Task
  • How to Set Super Study Administrators