Table of Contents

Bika Senaite LIMS User Manual

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

1.3 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

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

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 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

13.2 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

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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 Background Processing

17.1 Overview

17.2 Installation

17.3 Configuration

17.4 Using Asynchronous Processing

Video

Foir drops icon 32 Batched Sample registration

Drops Icon 32 Receiving and Labeling Samples

Sample Rejection and Cancellation

Creating Worksheets. Worksheet Templates

Manual data capture

Instrument Interfacing

Checkboxes icon 64 Results Verification. Retesting. COA Publication

Light bulb icon 63 More videos by Test It lab

Use Cases

Bulk over-the-counter Samples

Configuring Bika for Fire Assays

Wet Samples

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Upgrade Senaite 1 to 2. Config Migration

042 Error Messages. Warnings

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

Contribute

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Manual Convention

FAQ Glossaries

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