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title: "Data management with Nexus"
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The **Data Management** tab of the **Communications** window provides functionality for storing and managing all data associated with your motion capture files. Data is organized in a hierarchical structure, with data and information stored in relevant nodes.

For a video guide to database management, see the Vicon video, [proEclipse: Preparing and managing your database](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZh-R7eHwcg&feature=youtu.be), which is available on YouTube.

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The default location of **Data Management** is on a tab at the bottom of the **Communications** window. If you prefer, you can click the buttons at the top right of the **Communications** window to un-dock it and display it full-screen. To toggle the display of the Data Management tab, press F2.

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> ✅ You can also choose to hide the entire **Communications** pane, in which the **Data Management** tab appears, when you load a trial. To do this, on the **Window** menu, select the **Close Communications Pane on Trial Load** option. Alternatively, to temporarily hide/reveal the **Communications** pane, double-click any of its tabs.

By default, the last opened database is loaded when you restart Nexus.

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The following topics provide an introduction to data management with Nexus:

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The **Data Management** tab also enables you to perform file transfers and transcoding of reference video files, as well as providing access to batch processing functionality. For information on these topics, see [Work with digital video files](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11604797) in the *Vicon Nexus User Guide* and [Batch process trials](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11614230).