SoftMouse FAQ How To Tips: Mouse Breeding and Colony Management Software Experts - (Frequently Asked Questions)
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SoftMouse Workflows and Frequently Asked Questions
Follow these common Workflows and FAQs to become an Expert in digital mouse colony management
Get Started
Get Started
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  • 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
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  • How To Create New Mice
  • How to Change the Default Wean, Mature,...
  • How to Deactivate a Mouse Record
  • Mark Pups As Ended
    • Cages
    Cages
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  • Creating Cages
  • Move Mice Into NEW Cages
  • Move Mice Into EXISTING Cages without Fi...
  • Move Mice Into EXISTING Cages with Filte...
  • Add Location and Cage Capacities
  • Sac A Whole Cage
    • Breeding Schemas
    Breeding Schemas
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  • 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 M...
  • 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
    • Litters
    Litters
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  • 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...
    • Tag and ID
    Tag and ID
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  • Using Physical Tags
  • Add Ear Marks With Alt. ID
  • How to Enable RapId Tag Functionality
  • How to Scan Mice with RapID Tags
  • Adding RapId to your Cage Cards
  • Searching for Multiple Tags and SIDs
    • Genotype
    Genotype
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  • Understanding Genotypes in SoftMouse
  • Ordering your Genes in the Genotype Disp...
  • 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
    • Wean
    Wean
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  • Tag, Genotype And Wean One Litter At A T...
  • Tag, Sex, and Genotype Multiple Litters...
  • 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
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  • How To Create New Mouselines
  • How To Edit Mouselines
  • How to Add Strains
  • How to Change the Strain of Multiple Mic...
  • How to Create Mouseline - Gene Associati...
    • Cage Cards
    Cage Cards
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  • How to Customize Cage Cards
  • How to Print Multiple Cage Cards Per She...
  • 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 Browse...
  • Configure Cage Cards From Safari Browser
    • Calendar and Events
    Calendar and Events
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  • 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
    • Protocols
    Protocols
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  • How to Search for Mice in a Specific Pro...
  • How to Print Protocol on the Cage Card
  • How to Add a Protocol to New Mice
  • How to Add a Protocol to Existing Mice
  • How to Add, Edit and Delete Protocols
    • Projects and Experiments
    Projects and Experiments
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  • Projects (Study Manager LIMS) Overview
  • 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
    • Filter and Report
    Filter and Report
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  • 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 Mating Pairs
  • Filter for Inactive Cage Records
  • Filter for Archived Mouselines
    • Lineage and History
    Lineage and History
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  • 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 M...
    • Tips and Suggestions
    Tips and Suggestions
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  • 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 Filte...
  • Add Parents to Existing Mice
  • What Are SIDs?
    • Account Customization
    Account Customization
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  • Color Coding Mouselines
  • Customize Drop Down Lists
  • Customize Table Columns
  • Set General Preferences
  • How to Create Mouseline - Strain Associa...
  • How to Create Gene - Allele Associations
    • Group Accounts
    Group Accounts
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  • Create New Users in a Group
  • Strategies for Group Accounts
  • Set up a Decentralized Account (Lab Admi...
  • Set up a Centralized Account (Lab Admin)
  • Set Preference to View Centralized Colon...
  • Associate an Existing Account to a New U...
  • View Only Account Rights
    • Sharing and Transfers
    Sharing and Transfers
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  • Allow Users to Switch Owners of Records
  • Allow Other Users to Create Records for...
  • Share Your Colony Data With Other Users
  • Transfer Mice Between Owners
  • How to View Colony Data of Other Users
    • Undo and Fix Errors
    Undo and Fix Errors
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  • Reactivate Ended Mice
  • Change a Mating's Set Up Date
  • Edit the Date Mated of Breeders
  • Switch Incorrect Breeders and Litter Par...
  • Enter Litter DOB Before Current Date
  • How to Reactivate a Disbanded Mating
    • Account and Security Tips
    Account and Security Tips
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  • 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...
  • How to Reactivate My SoftMouse FREE Acco...
  • How Do I Know if My SoftMouse Account Ac...
  • Do you keep a backup of our SoftMouse da...
  • Recommended mobile devices for SoftMouse...
  • Security Hygiene Tips
    • Premium vs Forever FREE
    Premium vs Forever FREE
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  • 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