User Manual¶

Upload SeadragonSearch file¶

A maximum of 1 SeadragonSearch file can be uploaded at a time. The file needs to be an excel file. You can upload the file in two ways:

1. ‘Click to browse’

   1. Click the SeadragonSearch upload box
   2. Select the SeadragonSearch excel file from the file explorer pop up.

   

2. ‘Drag & drop’

   From a separate file explorer window, drag the SeadragonSearch excel file into the SeadragonSearch upload box

Upload iNaturalist file(s)¶

A maximum of 3 iNaturalist files can be uploaded at a time. This is to accommodate the Common, Leafy and Ruby Seadragon species data being stored in separate files. Upload these files in any order. iNaturalist files must be csv files. Supported extensions are .csv and .txt. Again, you can upload the file in two ways:

1. ‘Click to browse’
   1. Click the iNaturalist upload box
   2. Select up to 3 iNaturalist .csv files from the file explorer pop up
2. ‘Drag & drop’
   1. From a separate file explorer window, drag up to 3 iNaturalist .csv files into the iNaturalist upload box

Removing files¶

To remove any uploaded file:

1. Click the ‘x’ button next to the path of the file you wish to remove.

Analysing the files¶

Once you are satisfied you have uploaded the files you wish to analyse, click ‘Submit’.

Clicking ‘Submit’ will bring up a pop up window containing a preview of the results of the analysis.

From the file explorer pop up, you can navigate to where you would like the results file to be downloaded, as well as rename the file to something of your choice.

Interpreting the results file¶

The results file will be an Excel (.xls) document. The first worksheet in the file is a copy of the preview that was provided when the results file was generated. Each subsequent worksheet in the file corresponds to a specific iNaturalist file which was uploaded. For example, if you uploaded an iNaturalist file for both Common and Leafy Seadragons, the results file will have a worksheet for each of these species, as in the example below. These worksheets are copies of the iNaturalist files which were uploaded for analysis, with highlighted rows to indicate entries that may be missing from the SeadragonSearch database. Each highlighted entry should be reviewed by a human before being added to the SeadragonSearch database.