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Front Page

Manual Convention

FAQ       Glossaries

1 LIMS Portal

1.1 Web based

1.1.1 Passwords and Preferences

1.1.2 Page layout

1.1.3 Bika Browser Convention

1.1.4 Folder structure

1.1.5 Workflow in four steps 

1.1.6 System Dashboard

1.2 Usability

1.2.1 Display preferences

1.2.2 Tables

1.2.3 Icons

1.2.4 Search

1.2.5 Barcodes

1.3 Language Preference

1.4  Brand your LIMS 

1.4.1 Portal banner. Favicon

1.4.2 Front page

1.4.3 Portlets

1.5 Export onscreen data

1.6 Technical

1.6.1 LIMS Version

1.6.2 ERD

1.7 Laboratory Document Management System

2 Users and Groups. Security

2.1 User Groups

2.2 Authorisation matrix

2.3 Creating users

2.4 Lab users made easy

3 Clients and Contacts

3.1 Client Organisations

3.2 Managing Clients 

3.3 Client User privileges

3.4 Removing Clients

4 Configuration

4.1 Setup Convention 

4.2 Order of configuration

4.3 Global settings

4.4 ID Server

4.5 Samples and Sampling

4.6 Methods

4.7 Translation and Localisation. Removed

4.8 Import setup data

4.9 Migrating the LIMS configuration

5 Instruments 

5.1 Instrument Configuration

5.2 Instrument Calibration. Maintenance

5.3 Instrument QC

5.4 Corrective Action

5.5 How To bring an instrument back on line after failing QC

6 Analysis Services

Overview

6.1 AS Description. Analysis Attributes

6.2 Uncertainty.

6.3 Result Options

6.4 AS Methods and Instruments

6.5 Sample attributes

6.6 Advanced settings

6.7 Results Interpretation Templates

7 Calculations

Overview. Configuration 

7.1 Using Calculations

8 Analysis Profiles. Sample Templates

8.1 Analysis Panels · Profiles

8.2 Sample Registration Templates

9 Product Specifications

Analysis Specifications per Product / Sample Type

10 QC

Overview

10.1 Reference Definitions

10.2 Creating Reference Samples

10.3 Capturing QC results 

10.4 Control Charts

10.5 QC Failure workflow

10.6 Audit trails

11 Workflow Basics

Also see 1.1.5 Workflow in four steps 

11.1 Registering Samples

11.2 Sampling. Preservation

11.3  Receiving and Labelling Samples

11.3.1 Sample Rejection

11.4 Results Capture

11.5 Verify or Retest results

11.6 Results publication. COA

11.7 COA invalidation

11.8 Reanalysing Samples

11.9 Sample Prioritisation

11.10 Workflow States Summary

 12 Batching

12.1 Overview

12.2 Batches and their Samples

12.3 Sample Batch Import from spreadsheet

13 Worksheets

Worksheets manually 

13.1 Creating Worksheets

13.1.1 Worksheets per Client and Batch

13.2 Add QC Controls

13.3 Results Capture

        Worksheet Correction Factors 

13.4 Results Verification. Retesting

13.5 Create Worksheet Templates

13.5 Worksheets from Templates

13.6 Export Worksheets to Instruments

13.7 Instrument results import

13.8 Import manually captured result spreadsheets

14 Management Reports

Productivity, Quality Control and Administration reports

15 Partitioning Samples. Aliquots

Subdivide Samples for distributed analysis

16 Sample Storage

Configuring Storage Facilities and Sample Containers. Storing and Retrieving Samples

17 Billing. Batch Invoices

Background Processing

17.1 Overview

17.2 Installation

17.3 Configuration

17.4 Using Asynchronous Processing

Video

Basic

 Batched Sample registration

 Receiving and Labeling Samples. Sample Rejection and Cancellation

 Creating Worksheets. Manual data capture

 Results Verification. Retesting. COA Publication

Advanced

 Bulk Sample Import

 Creating and using Worksheet Templates 

 Creating and using Calculations 

 Instrument Interfacing

  Bika QC. Reference Definitions and Samples

 More videos by Test It lab

 Use Cases

Bulk over-the-counter Samples

Configuring Bika for Fire Assays

Wet Samples

Technical

042    Error Messages. Warnings

FAQ  Frequently Asked Questions

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