User guide

22 Label Studio User’s Guide
Before setting up new jobs
Before you start creating job files, you need to:
 Set up your auxiliary files.
 Assign your auxiliary files to your job.
 Set your defaults.
Set up your auxiliary
files
To process a database, Label Studio uses certain supporting files, called the
definition file (.def) and format file (.fmt). You can read about them in your
Database Prep guide.
To create your definition files, you can use a handy tool, DefMap, which is
provided in Label Studio (Tools > DefMap). DefMap comes with its own online
help. Choose Help > DefMap Help Index from the DefMap menu to find more
information about this tool.
To create your format files, you must use a text editor, such as Notepad. Set up
your format files before you start any work on the job file in Label Studio.
Assign auxiliary files
to your job
You do not need to assign your auxiliary files to your job if they are located in the
same directory as your input file and have the same name. For example, suppose
your input file is named Adr.dat and your auxiliary files are named Adr.def and
Adr.fmt. If all three of these files are located in the same directory, for example
C:\pw\ls\samples\, then Label Studio automatically uses these definition and
format files in your job.
If your auxiliary files and input files are not located in the same folder or have
different names. Assign your auxiliary files to your job in one of two ways:
 In your default settings (Tools > Options > Defaults)
 In the Auxiliary Files block (these settings override your default settings)
Set your defaults After you install Label Studio, you should do one thing right away: set your
defaults. Label Studio uses your default settings for each new job you create.
To set your defaults:
1. Open Label Studio.
2. Choose Tools > Options > Defaults.
3. Set the default settings for your file locations, auxiliary files, file mask
definitions, report settings, and Filter Builder database location.
File locations Label Studio needs to know where you want your work, report, output, and log
files placed after it generates them. If you want these files placed in the same
locations for every job, fill out this information.
Auxiliary files Label Studio needs to know where your format (.fmt) and definition (.def) files
are located. Enter this information once, and you will seldom have to think about
it again. Your defaults for auxiliary files will be used whenever you create a new
job.