http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ Progeny Community » Recent Posts en Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:04:53 +0000 http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/67#post-142 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:39:49 +0000 jamie-lheureux 142@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I agree. Being able to tile windows in progeny would be very useful. It seems like it would be a good way to compare two pedigrees to each other, do data entry while looking at the pedigree etc. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/67#post-141 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:04:12 +0000 Lianne Mink 141@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I've had this request from other Progeny users as well. We are monitoring the popularity of this request in our database and would consider adding it to the software in the future if other users would also find it valuable. </p> <p>If there are other community members interested in this feature, please reply to this post! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/66#post-140 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:54 +0000 Conrad Brammer 140@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Hello Betty, </p> <p>You can generate initials in a computed field based off the data fields "First Name", "Middle Name" and "Last Name", for instance, with the following computed field structure:</p> <p> substring({Demographics\First Name}, 0, 1) + substring({Demographics\Middle Name}, 0, 1) +<br /> substring({Demographics\Last Name}, 0, 1)</p> <p>Simply substitute the fields above (i.e. {Demographics\First Name}) with your own data fields and the computed field will take the first character from each field. </p> <p>Thanks for the question! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/67#post-139 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:06:33 +0000 Kate 139@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>An older version of Progeny would allow you to view a pedigree and data spreadsheet simultaneously. This made data entry much faster; name, age, dx, smoking status, whatever. </p> <p>A new function that would be helpful would be the ability to select multiple individuals in the pedigree and change the vital status of all at one time.</p> <p>Any chance of returning/adding these functions?<br /> Kate </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/66#post-138 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:42:12 +0000 Betty 138@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I currently have pedigrees created in Progeny, with peoples' names listed. Is there a way to create a field to just list these peoples' initials (rather than their full name)? If yes, is there a way to set-up the field so that it can take the full names to automatically generate the initials (instead of having to manually type in the intials of every single person on the pedigrees)? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/35#post-137 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:44:59 +0000 Roger 137@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I guess a data dictionary feature "up front" would be useful.</p> <p>However, If you already use MS Access or some other front end to link to the Progeny database, it is easy to output the st_datadictionary table to a query or report. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/65#post-136 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:56:16 +0000 Conrad Brammer 136@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks Jamie, </p> <p>You could also create a table that has a hyperlink field in it. This would allow you to link multiple images by adding rows for the table. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/65#post-135 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:13:26 +0000 Owen 135@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks. That certainly does the trick. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/65#post-134 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:04:43 +0000 jamie-lheureux 134@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>We do this in our lab by putting the folder location in the hyperlink field. When you click on it it will open the folder with all of the images for that person. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/65#post-133 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:09:56 +0000 Owen 133@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I have just recently started using Progeny 7 after a lot of work has been put into developing the database and the pedigrees. We are interested in digitizing a number of studies onto Progeny but we are running into a few issues such as the need to attach multiple scanned documents to an individual. </p> <p>Using the Cancer Example from Demo as an example, what if we wished to attach images (scanned documents) of an individual's cancer(s) . One person in the pedigree may not have cancer while another could have multiple. Do we have to put in multiple fields into the data sheet and will that have to apply to each individual? If this is the case, can we alter the heading for each field to better describe what is being linked or shown?</p> <p>Lastly, is this a reasonable, or feasible, route to take for trying to attach scanned records, documents, or images?</p> <p>Any help is greatly appreciated. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/59#post-132 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:42:25 +0000 Conrad Brammer 132@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Direct interfacing with CancerGene is something we are hoping to implement in Progeny 8, but at this point it is unlikely that it will be in the initial release. We will be sure to highlight that feature when its release date is a bit more concrete. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/64#post-131 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:02:53 +0000 genrox 131@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks, I realize afterward that this was the way to do it! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/59#post-130 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:22:56 +0000 khope 130@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Lianne - </p> <p>Are there any plans on having a working risk tool in version 8? </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/64#post-129 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:07:45 +0000 Conrad Brammer 129@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>The user name drop down on the login screen will populate any of the user names that have been entered for that computer. It works much like the "populate old searches" feature for search engines. All you need to do is type in her user name and log in one time. After that, her user name should populate in the drop down. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/64#post-128 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:19:31 +0000 genrox 128@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I have a user that has not used the database for a while. We do not see her username in the dropdown field for the login. I have asked the user to change her password, her name did not appear; I have deleted her as a user and added her again (with all the settings she is allowed to), her name still did not appear. Do I forget something in the procedure? </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/63#post-127 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:53:26 +0000 Conrad Brammer 127@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>No. Progeny can only print label to label with a barcode printer. If you print your barcodes externally, however, you can add those barcodes as the samples are scanned in. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/63#post-126 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:56:55 +0000 genrox 126@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>We would like to print barcodes for new samples in advance and assign them to individual later on. Is there a way to print multiple barcodes on a single sheet (letter size, lab tube stickers)? </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/62#post-125 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:19:43 +0000 Lianne Mink 125@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>The markers are being added to the set but you may not be finding them with the search feature. The search feature will search by Alias name in a set but Marker name in 'All Markers'. So, if you have a different name stored as the alias from the marker name you will not be able to find it. Please search by the alias name after you added the marker to the set. The search should find that it was added appropriately to the set. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/62#post-124 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:12:21 +0000 Lianne Mink 124@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks Jamie! I'll contact you directly to sort through this issue. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/62#post-123 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:18 +0000 jamie-lheureux 123@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>We only have 2 sets in this database. We were trying to add the marker 0PVRL1-15_sn15-rs1022080 to one set and CSI_CYP1B1_rs1056836 to the other set. Thanks! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/62#post-122 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:21:16 +0000 Lianne Mink 122@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>How many sets do you have? What is the marker name that you are trying to add? If you would prefer to send this to send me the additional information via email, that would be fine. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/62#post-121 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:20:37 +0000 jamie-lheureux 121@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>We have a few markers that are in all markers that we can't get to add to sets. I have tried adding it to the set by right clicking on the set and selecting 'add markers to this set'. It seems like it gets added (and the others that were with it are added) but when we try to import into the set or search the set it can't be found. Are there any restrictions on marker names or perhaps the alias for markers in marker sets? The names seem particularly long, so I am wondering if there is a restriction on the number of characters? Thanks! </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/61#post-120 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:53:10 +0000 librown 120@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I figured it out. I had to enter a pedigree into the new folder before copying features from another folder! Thanks, anyway. Lisa </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/60#post-119 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:56:06 +0000 librown 119@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Hi, I created a new folder and when I try to copy features to folder I get error message: Target folder is empty. Any thoughts? Thanks, Lisa </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/59#post-118 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:10:31 +0000 Manuel Teixeira 118@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks Lianne. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/59#post-117 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:23:09 +0000 Lianne Mink 117@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thank you for your post Manuel! CancerGene does include the algorithm for calculating the risk calculation but it does not include a separate exe for the algorithm. The export was designed for the stand alone exe of BRCAPRO. Our users have notified us that CancerGene uses an updated algorithm in comparison to the stand alone exe. For that reason, we do not recommend exporting the data directly to the old exe. We are considering different options for interfacing/exporting the data directly to CancerGene in the future. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/59#post-116 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:19:00 +0000 Manuel Teixeira 116@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Hi. I have just started to use Progeny 7 and I realize that it has an export modek to BRCAPRO. I use CancerGene 5 but I can not find the brca.exe it refers to.<br /> I would appreciate your help.<br /> Best regards,<br /> Manuel </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/58#post-115 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:34 +0000 Lianne Mink 115@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>We would love to hear your feedback on our first newsletter! Please post any comments or suggestions </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/56#post-113 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:38:33 +0000 jamie-lheureux 113@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>1) We have also used lookup tables to do something like what you describe in #1. I think that might work perfectly for ICD9 codes since there are so many and you can import the list of how they match up to the value you select.</p> <p>2) When we have used the image field for documents or images it can be kind of tricky because if you adjust the size of the field it can distort the image and you don't always have the best dimensions or quality of the picture. We have started using the hyperlink field and linking to a folder location that contains files like images or scanned documents for that subject. That works well unless the path of the file changes (also a problem for the image field) since the image and documents are not actually stored in the db, just the path to where they are saved. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/56#post-112 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:10:05 +0000 Lianne Mink 112@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks for your post Kisha!</p> <p>1. You can create a computed field that would take the value from the drop-down menu and then display an ICD9 code if that value is present. If your drop-down menu is in a table, then your computed field would also need to be in that table.</p> <p>2. You can create an image field in Progeny to handle the scanned images. Go to the Fields section to create the field and select the field type 'Image'. Then you can click in the image field on the datasheet, select the image that you want to appear and then click outside of the field box. The image will then appear for you on the datasheet. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/56#post-111 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:27:06 +0000 khope 111@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>1. Is there any way to create a drop down menu that, when a value is selected, another value is generated in another field. For example, selecting "breast" in a drop-down which would generate an ICD code in another field.</p> <p>2. Has there been a request to add a feature that allows attaching of scanned documents or images to an individual or a pedigree? </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/55#post-110 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:00:08 +0000 Lauren S 110@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks Lianne. I just looked back at the sample and it now appears correctly. I guess it just took some time for the change to go through. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/55#post-109 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:53:28 +0000 Lianne Mink 109@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Thanks for your post Lauren!</p> <p>When you reopen the sample, are you referring to the tab that displays the sample name? A field on the sample datasheet? Please clarify.</p> <p>If you are a LIMS user, the barcode will not be renamed if you rename the sample. You can create an action in the database to update the barcode in this instance. </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/55#post-108 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:47:45 +0000 Lauren S 108@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>I have a sample that is entered into progeny with the wrong label. I have tried to change this by editing the properties. I correct the sample name and select save at which point I get a message stating that the change has been successfully saved. When I re-open the sample however the sample appears with the old label. Any thoughts? </p> http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/topic/54#post-107 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:13:08 +0000 Lianne Mink 107@http://www.progenygenetics.com/community/ <p>Hi Greg! Please contact me via email and I can supply you with additional information. <a href="mailto:support@progenygenetics.com">support@progenygenetics.com</a> </p>