The tools menu contains the following commands:
Sub-population: Create or modify a sub-population (i.e. sub-set of the data).
Weighting: Define weighting.
Import survey definitions: allows you to import selected sub-populations, weighting and calculated variables from another survey.
Options...: Set program options.
Re-invert database: Invert the entire database (QES file) to speed up table generation.
Invert database incrementally: Invert the database to speed up table generation. This command inverts only the data which has been added since the last time the database was inverted, therefore making the operation faster.
Verify inverted database: Check the inverted data, if present, to determine if it matches the data in the QES file. Inverted data is stored in the .dat sub-directory file, which is created when the data is inverted. If there are any differences between the two (e.g. question additions or deletions in one file and not the other), the database will be inverted incrementally to correct these differences. This command ignores volumes with no data in the QES, and only verifies volumes that contain data. Note: Unlike the command "invert database incrementally", this command checks all data, not just data changed since the last inversion.
User Defined Applications: This command allows you to quickly start a specific application without having to leave askiaanalyse (so you will not, for example, need to go to the Start menu or Windows Desktop to start the application). A sub-menu opens: when you select the application from the sub-menu, it will open. You can nominate up to three applications to appear in the sub-menu, and define the name used to describe them. By default, you will find askiaDesign, AskiaTools and AskiaEntry in the menu. To specify the programs that appear in the sub-menu, in the tools menu, select options..., then specify the programs in the user defined applications section of the options window. Note: if you modify the questionnaire in an external application, do not forget to re-open the questionnaire in askiaAnalyse so that your modifications are taken into account.
Analysis cloning: Allows you to quickly and easily apply the properties of a previously-saved portfolio to another project. For example: Project A has a demographics section, from which a set of tables has been created and saved to a portfolio. Meanwhile, project B is a different QES file, but has the same set of demographics questions as project A. Through analysis cloning, you can apply to project B the properties you gave to the demographics of project A when you ran the tables and saved them to the portfolio. For more information, see analysis cloning.