How to correctly load subjects from other protocol?

Hi Expert,

What I did:

in a protocol, click the subject and run “export subject”;
in another protocol, run “import subject from zip”

but I failed.
The error is “the subject using default anat or channel files, so can not be imported”.

In such a case, how to successfully load the subject data?

If I can not import subject in above way,

How to import the subject manually?

Three students input data for me and I have to integrate all the subjects in one protocol since they serve for the identical research goal.

Best wishes,
Junpeng

Hi Junpeng,

As the error says, you can use this import/export solution if the subjects are not using any shared data: no default anatomy, no default channel file.
One option is to first change the configuration of the subjects: right-click > Edit subject > Change the default options to NO/NO.
You would have to copy the MRI+surfaces from the default anatomy to the subject folder, and all the other shared information (forward/inverse models). Only use the Brainstorm interface to copy files (CTRL+C/V or menus File > Copy/Paste).
Then export again the subjects (File > Export subject), and now you should be able to load them in another protocol.

Make a full backup of your protocol before trying this, the chances of manipulation errors are high.

Cheers,
Francois

Thanks, Francois.
You really did an excellent work.