This coding mode, allows you to insert Codes into existing Events, WITHOUT creating new Event lines.
For INTERACT, it makes no difference how those existing Events were created.
So this method can be used to:
oAdd information to manually logged Events, for further specification with additional Codes
oAdd information to automatically created intervals for Time Sampling - Interval based Scores based observations
IMPORTANT: Additional Codes within the same Event, require separate, additional Class names. Using Codes with the same Class name, overwrites any existing Code in that Class, unless you activate the Combine codes logging option.
 | Refine Existing Events - This coding mode does NOT create new Events, like the other coding modes do, but enables you to enter Codes into a currently selected Event, without altering the time information. |
You can :
oAdd additional Codes into existing Events, either using existing Classes or creating new Classes.
oOverwrite existing Codes to make corrections
oEnter Codes into empty, interval based, automatically created Events
The Refine Existing Events coding mode supports Lexical chains and Prefixes, so complex coding systems can be used.
Note: If changes in a top level Code result in lower-level Codes using other Class-columns as the initial Codes, the old codes are NOT automatically removed. To automatically remove old Codes from the current Event, use the AutoFill functionality in combination with the Refine existing Events coding process.
The Coding Mode Refine Existing Events is required for anyone doing interval based Time Sampling observations.
•For interval-based coding, create fixed interval Events, as is described in Create Fixed Intervals.
Activate Coding Mode
•Click Start - Observation - Observation settings 
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•Select Refine existing Events as your coding mode.
•Confirm your settings with OK.