Batch mode

Batch mode is activated by clicking the Batch checkbox in the dialog where the input data is selected (figure 11.9).

Figure 11.9: When launching an analysis in Batch mode, individual elements and/or folders can be selected. Here, a single folder that contains both elements and subfolders of elements has been selected.

In Batch mode, the analysis is run once per batch unit. A batch unit consists of the data elements to be analyzed together. A batch unit can be a single data element, or can consist of multiple data elements.

Batch units are made up of:

• Each data element selected in the launch wizard.
• Elements and folders within a folder selected in the launch wizard, where:
  • Each data element contained directly within that selected folder is a batch unit.
  • Each subfolder directly under the selected folder is a batch unit. I.e. all elements within that subfolder are analyzed together.
  • Elements within more deeply nested subfolders (e.g. subfolders of subfolders of the originally selected folder) are not used in the analysis.
• Elements with associations to a CLC Metadata Table selected in the launch wizard. Each row in the CLC Metadata Table is a batch unit. Data elements associated with a row, of a type compatible as input to the analysis, are the default contents of a batch unit. See figure 11.10 and figure 11.11.

  
  Figure 11.10: When the Batch box is checked, a CLC Metadata Table can be selected as input.

  
  Figure 11.11: Data associated with each row in a CLC Metadata Table, of a type compatible with that analysis, make up the default content of batch units.