Error Messages. Alerts. Logs

Instrument QC warnings

No Controls or Blanks available

No Reference Definitions for Controls available.
To add a Control in this Worksheet Template, create a Reference Definition for a Control sample first.

This is shown during the configuration of Worksheet Templates when no Reference Definitions have been configured. Not an error but an alert to the user to complete Reference Definitions first if he/she wants to use them on a WS Template

Calculations

When configuring Calculations using Interim fields, Bika optimises the number of columns at display time, and forces the user to configure the fields with the same keyword and title combinations already in use

Parent and children record integrity

As with any database management system, database integrity must be maintained and records cannot be deactivated if others depend on it, e.g. in the case of a Calculation which is used in Analysis Services

Error Cannot deactivate calculation

because it is in use by the following services: ....

 COA email recipients

When the Client Contact email recipients in a selection of COAs to be published to a Clients are not the same across the Samples, the user is required to select who to email the COAs to

Not all contacts are equal for the selected Reports. Please manually select recipients for this email

If they should not share the reports, navigate back to the Verified Sample list and make sure the selection of Samples to Publish are meant for the same Contact(s)

Sample registration error messages

Field 'Contact' is required

Sample records must have a Client Contact to whom the LIMS will communicate issues and send the results COA to

Field 'SampleType' is required

Sample Type is a compulsory field on the Sample Registration form, it is often used in Sample IDs

Field 'DateSampled' is required 

Date Sampled is a compulsory field on the Sample Registration form 

Field 'Analyses' is required

This is a misleading error message as it does not necessarily refer to Field Analyses. The Sample registration form has to include at least one requested Analysis and if not this message is shown

Sample's Analysis Specifications changed

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