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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 TransnetYX Genotype Results
  • Update a TransnetYX Order
  • Search for a TransnetYX Well Plate
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 How Many Mice Were Born or Weaned
  • Count How Many Mice Were Ended
  • Filter for Ended Mice
  • Filter for Weaned or Ended Litters
  • Filter for Inactive Cage Records
  • Filter for Archived Mouselines
  • Filter for Inactive Mating Pairs
    • 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
  • Color Coding Mouselines
  • Customize Drop Down Lists
  • Customize Table Columns
  • Customize your Column Order
  • Set General Preferences
  • How to Create Mouseline - Strain Associations
  • How to Create Gene - Allele Associations
  • How to Create Mouseline - Gene Associations
  • How to Change the Strain of Multiple Mice at a time
    • 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
    • Group Accounts
    Group Accounts
  • Create New Users in a Group
  • Strategies for Group Accounts
  • Set up a Decentralized Account (Lab Admin)