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title: "Experiments"
slug: experiments
url: https://invertbio.com/docs/user-guides/experiments
---

# Experiments

The [Experiments](https://app.invertbio.com/schedule) page allows you to manage experiments in Invert. From here, you can review past and ongoing experiments in either **List** or **Schedule** view. Create a new experiment as necessary or navigate to a given experiment details page for a close-up view on a specific experiment.

## Creating a New Experiment

To create a new experiment, click the **New Experiment** button. This action directs you to the 'New experiment' view, where you enter the experiment **Name** and set **Responsible**, **Scheduled Start Time**, and **Expected End Time**. Click **Save** to create the experiment; it then appears in the experiment list on the Experiments page.

Runs are added after the experiment exists: open the experiment, go to the **Runs** tab, and use **Add** → **Add runs**.

## Experiment list

The **List** view gives you an overview of all your experiments whether past, ongoing or future, with a column for the experiment, its scheduled start, its scheduled end, and the number of runs it contains. Use **Filter...** to narrow the view by **Start Date** or **End Date**.

The **Schedule** view shows the same experiments as bars on a timeline, with the run count and duration next to each name. Choose the time span from the **Week**, **Month**, **Quarter**, or **Year** dropdown and press **Today** to bring the timeline back to the current date. An experiment that falls outside the visible dates shows an arrow button on its row; press it to move the timeline to that experiment.

Clicking on an experiment in either view will direct you to the respective experiment page.

![](/docs/user-guides/experiments/experiment.png)

## The experiment page

The experiment page has a **Properties** tab with the experiment metadata, and a **Runs** tab with the runs in the experiment. On the Runs tab, use **Edit** to change run values directly in the table and **Save** to commit them, and use the display control to group by a column or change which columns are shown. Use **Edit** on the Properties tab to change the name, responsible, or scheduled dates. The same edit view holds the rename and **Archive** actions; archiving an experiment asks whether to archive its sub-runs as well.

## Experiment Summary Dashboard

For organizations with the Experiment Summary feature enabled, the experiment page opens on a **Summary** tab. This tab aggregates all runs in the experiment:

- A header with the number of **Runs**, the run **Types**, the **Duration (days)**, and **Run progress**
- **Insights** — key metric comparisons across the runs
- **Run Overview** — run status and condition-level groupings at a glance
- **Process lineage** — how the runs in the experiment connect
- A sidebar with the **Experiment objective** and an **Overview** narrative, plus **Status**, **Lead**, **Initiated**, **Completed**, and **Duration**

The narrative sections are generated by AI and should be reviewed for accuracy. Press **Generate** to create the overview for an experiment that has none, the edit icon to change the text by hand, and **Regenerate** to rebuild selected sections after the underlying run data changes.