Technical data

Phoenix Concepts

Phoenix Work Concepts

» Phoenix projects are designed to be easily updated and shared, which

allows for better data management. Phoenix projects can be saved locally

or to a database and transferred between multiple users.

» A Phoenix project file contains all the data sets, such as study data, that

were imported into a project. Project files can be exchanged between users

without also having to exchange external data sources.

» Sharing Phoenix projects has two main advantages:

– multiple users can review the steps and processes used in an analysis

– the amount of time needed to validate the results of an analysis is

decreased.

» In order for Phoenix projects to be easily updated, some functionality that

was present in WinNonlin is no longer directly available in Phoenix. For

example, worksheet formula support is now handled in Microsoft Excel

through a custom export feature.

» Phoenix does not automatically save projects. Users must choose to save

the project. Phoenix also prompts users to save projects when the applica-

tion is closed. By default, Phoenix project files are saved in C:\Documents

and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\Pharsight Projects.

Workflows

There are two types of workflows: project and operational. The first type of

workflow, the project workflow, refers to the series of steps needed to complete

an analysis. This includes importing data, manipulating data, using model objects

to analyze data, and saving or exporting the results.

The second type of workflow is an operational object. The workflow operational

object is the root of all analysis work in Phoenix. Noncompartmental analysis,