Note: Recent changes performed by GraphPad have caused issues for some users attempting to log into LabArchives via the Prism integration. If you experience issues like these, please contact support@labarchives.com for direct assistance.
In addition, this integration is supported for GraphPad Prism v8.02 onwards. Go to help.graphpad.com to contact the GraphPad team for assistance with Prism.
Overview
GraphPad Prism has been integrated with LabArchives, allowing users to seamlessly access and manage their LabArchives notebooks directly within Prism.
With this integration, LabArchives users can:
- Save a new Prism project directly into a LabArchives notebook
- Open an existing Prism project that was previously saved in LabArchives
- Update a previously saved Prism project, either by creating a new version of the existing entry or saving it as a new entry altogether
Note: If you access LabArchives using AU, UK, or EU servers, refer to Set up GraphPad Prism and LabArchives for Australian and New Zealand, UK and EU Users section for instructions on creating a configuration file on your device.
Log in to your LabArchives account from within GraphPad Prism
Users with an existing LabArchives account
- Open the GraphPad Prism desktop application. In the Welcome to GraphPad Prism window, click LabArchives.
- Click Login to LabArchives. This will open a browser window where you can access your LabArchives account. If your institution uses Single Sign-On (SSO), sign in with your SSO credentials; otherwise, enter your email and password to log in.
Tip: For a quicker login experience, have your active LabArchives browser session open before logging into the integration. - The integration between your GraphPad Prism and LabArchives accounts will remain active until you click Log out.
Users without an existing LabArchives account
If you're a current GraphPad Prism user new to LabArchives and your institution does not have a LabArchives site license, you can easily create a free LabArchives account to use with Prism by clicking Try LabArchives Free.
If your institution does have a LabArchives site license but you don't yet have an account, we recommend following your institution's procedures to create an account before using the integration with GraphPad Prism.
Working with LabArchives within Prism
Once logged into the integration, you can view all GraphPad Prism files saved in your LabArchives notebooks by selecting Recently Saved. You can also use the drop-down menu to choose a specific notebook and view Prism files linked to individual LabArchives pages.
From there, you can open a file, make edits in Prism, and save it directly back to the corresponding notebook page.
To open or save a file to LabArchives
To open or save a file, click the LabArchives icon in the top-right corner of the program. From there, you can choose to save a file to LabArchives ("LabArchive it"), open a file from LabArchives, log out, or learn more about LabArchives.
When you choose to open a Prism file that is located in your LabArchives notebook, you will be able to select from a list of recently saved files (if any) or alternatively, select the notebook containing the file and navigate to the page that it resides on. Click on the file to open it in Prism.
Save a file to LabArchives – first save
The first time you save a file from Prism to LabArchives, it will be sent to your LabArchives Inbox. To view the file, log in to LabArchives via a web browser and click the Inbox icon.
To move a Prism file from your Inbox to a notebook page, hover over the file in your Inbox and click the triple-dot menu. You'll have the option to either move the file to a page or delete it. If you select Move to page, you can choose the specific page where you want to move the file.
Once the Prism file is on a page in your notebook, you can download it to your computer. You can also open the file directly in GraphPad Prism using the integration, as described above.
Save a file to LabArchives – subsequent saves
After the initial save of the file to LabArchives, you will be presented with the Rearchive It screen which allows you to save your file in either of two ways:
- You can create a new file from an existing one by selecting the Archive to the inbox as a new file option. The new file will be sent to your LabArchives Inbox.
- You can choose to Rearchive as an updated file. It may be useful to track any changes or keep additional information to the file by adding to the What changed and Description fields. This option will save the updated file as a new version of the existing attachment entry in your notebook, or in your Inbox, if the original file has not yet been moved to a notebook page.
Configure the GraphPad Prism Integration to the AU, UK, or EU servers
Create a configuration file following the steps below. This file will be read when you open the Prism application, ensuring that you connect to your user account on your regional LabArchives server when you log in to your LabArchives account via Prism.
- Create a text file called labarchivesconfig.txt
- Paste the correct regional information into the file:
Australian and New Zealand users
Login=https://au-mynotebook.labarchives.com
API=https://auapi.labarchives.com
Browse=https://au-mynotebook.labarchives.com
ErrorConnecting=Prism cannot connect to the AU LabArchives instance
TryAccountBlurb=The institution has a site license for LabArchives, so the free trial is not available
UK users
Login=https://uk-mynotebook.labarchives.com
API=https://ukapi.labarchives.com
Browse=https://uk-mynotebook.labarchives.com
ErrorConnecting=Prism cannot connect to the UK LabArchives instance
TryAccountBlurb=The institution has a site license for LabArchives, so the free trial is not available
EU users
Login=https://eu-mynotebook.labarchives.com
API=https://euapi.labarchives.com
Browse=https://eu-mynotebook.labarchives.com
ErrorConnecting=Prism cannot connect to the EU LabArchives instance
TryAccountBlurb=The institution has a site license for LabArchives, so the free trial is not available
3. Save the configuration file to the GraphPad Prism directory on your computer
For Windows users, the path is:
C:\Program Files\GraphPad\Prism [version number]
(e.g. C:\Program Files\GraphPad\Prism 9)
For Mac users, the path may vary:
Library/Application Support/GraphPad/Prism/Config
OR
/Library/Application Support/GraphPad/Prism/[version number]
(e.g. /Library/Application Support/GraphPad/Prism/9)
OR
/Library/Application Support/GraphPad/Prism
4. Restart the application.