I have talked to Brad, Otmar, and (most recently) Darrin about this, so here is an explanation if you guys are reading...
I use DIAdem for data browsing and analysis, but I also use another program (which shall remain nameless) from another company (which shall remain nameless). This program sets stuff up a little differently, and by doing so has a huge time-saving advantage. An individual test run (or a collection of runs) is stored in a folder. Inside each folder is one file per recorded channel. So, if I wanted to look at some data, I would select the channels I want, and then graph them. I can, of course create multiple graphs, channel tables, etc. So this is similar to the VIEW pane in DIAdem, and there is no evident advantage with one program over the other at this point.
Now, let's say I wanted to view those same graphs and channel tables based on a different set of data. In DIAdem I would have to delete the data from the DATA PORTAL and then load in the new data which would then update the items in the VIEW pane. In this other program, though, all I have to do is select the folder where the other data channels are stored by either clicking on it or cursoring to it and all graphs, tables, etc. are automatically updated. This is a tremendous time-saver, and makes it easy to browse through different data sets to find what I am looking for.
Implementing something like this in DIAdem would be really helpful. I love DIAdem, but it is frustrating that it doesn't do what this other program does. I suspect there are not too many people out there that use this other program and DIAdem. If there are, I hope that they will weigh in on this issue by adding a comment to this post. Even if you don't use both, think about how much time you could save if DIAdem operated like the other program.
