13.1 Creating Worksheets

A number of analyses, on different samples but logically belonging together - such as intended for the same lab workstation, instrument of specific analyst - can be grouped into a single unit of work on a Worksheet. All results are reviewed together, in context of QC results associated on the same sheet

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Note that most of the manual process described here, can be simplified through the use of pre-configured Worksheet templates that automates the process, useful as time savers when Worksheets tend to have the same lay-outs

Creating Worksheets the easy way

Worksheet Analyses

Be sure to have enough Analyses available in the system to fill a worksheet with. Analyses available for assignment to Worksheets, have to be in Received state and not assigned to other WSs already

Creating a Worksheet

Select the Worksheet Analyst, compulsory, and click the add button. The LIMS returns all available analyses - whose samples were received, have no results captured yet and not assigned to other worksheets already

The user may narrow the list down using to specific Analyses to add by using the Search function. Bika returns all available analyses within the search criteria, sorted by due date in Priority, the most urgent at the top

Creating a Worksheet for a specific Instrument, limits the Analyses for assignment to those configured for the selected instrument

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Select Analyses to be included and click on Assign, the topmost check box selects all. Once selected, an [Assign] button is displayed at the bottom of the sheet, click it. The worksheet is then created with unique sequence number and the selected analyses assigned

Assign Analyse to a Worksheet in Open Source Bika LIMS | Senaite

The Analyses' originating Analysis Requests are hyper linked from their IDs and can be browsed to view the analysis in Sample context. On Sample views, these analyses display an assigned icon hyper-link to the Worksheet

More Analyses can be added from the Add Analyses tab at the top and the steps repeated. Analyses are removed from the worksheet by selecting them and clicking the Remove button

Remove Analyses from A Worksheet in Bika and Senaite Open Source LIMS

Capture results to a WS

When the Worksheet is ready and populated with the routine Samples and Controls required, in status 'open', results for the Analyses can be captured

For manual data capturing at benches far from Bika terminals, analysts may print worksheets to record results and captured into the system later

Print and View options on Worksheets in Bika Open Source LIMS

and switch between Classic view with Sample per row, and Transposed, per column

The worksheet may be exported to any of the lab instrument import formats available in the system - this will produce a text file of sample IDs, tray positions and analyses requested that can be imported by the corresponding instrument to improve turn around time and also accuracy by eliminating opportunities for transcription errors

Result data produced by the instruments may also be uploaded directly if the system is configured to read it's export files

Upload Attachments to the Worksheet

The Worksheet data capture form also allows for file attachments, such as microscope images, to be uploaded for individual analyses or the Worksheet as a whole