Using Label Files (LAB)

V8.7 supports to read and write a selection of signals in a label file Text file containing a selection of signals, and optionally raster information, that can be used as a filter in an INCA Experiment Environment. format (*.lab). Besides the signal names, a label file can optionally contain raster information or other meta information for a signal. Using LAB files to filter variables facilitates and accelerates the variable selection in INCA and MDA.

You can perform the following actions:

To add a LAB file
To write a LAB file

To add a LAB file

Label files can be handled like measure files. To know how you can add, replace, or delete them, see Adding, Replacing, and Removing Measure Files

Label files are listed in the Variable Explorer in an own category and can be used in the same way as the source category. If you filter based on a LAB file, only the signal name is used as criterion. Additional criteria can be applied by other filter categories. For more information, see Filtering per categories.

To write a LAB file

Open the Configuration Manager.
Right click an object node or select different object nodes for which you want to export the signals.
In the context menu click Create Label File.
In the Save As window select the format.

You can choose between V1.0 (only signal names) and V1.1 (signal names and raster information).
Click Save.

or

Wherever MDA allows you to create a new measure file, you can select *.lab as target format.

MDA supports two variants for LAB file format V1.3. The usual LAB V1.3 file format adds the device information additionally to the signal name and raster information. When loading this LAB file as a filter in INCA's Variable Selection dialog, only ordinary measurement signals will be listed. The LAB file variant "V1.3 INCA dialect" includes adapted device information for calibration variables and so-called #MeasureCals. With this LAB file variant not only measurements signals but also calibration variables and signals derived from calibration variables will be listed in INCA's Variable Selection dialog.

To check the export progress, see To check the export status and To see the exported file in Windows Explorer. Alternatively, you can trigger an export (see Exporting and Converting Measure Data) and select in the export dialog one of the available export formats LabFile.