| Field Title | Description |
|---|
| Type | Type of container you wish to create for your repository. |
| Parent Site | The site where the physical container exists. |
| Parent Container | The parent container under which the container has to be created. |
| Dimension | The size of the container in rows and columns. For example, Freezer has 5 shelves, each shelf having 4 racks, dimensions will be 5 and 4. |
| Approximate Capacity | This is automatically calculated by default. The user can also manually specify in case the whole freezer is not created at once. Based on this the utilization presentation is shown. |
| Position Labeling | Within the container map, the user can choose how the positions should be displayed - 'Linear'(1,2,3,....81) or 'Row and Column'(1,1;1,2;1,3.....) |
| Labeling Scheme | Indicates the position labels, e.g. Alphabets Uppercase, Numbers : (A, 1) |
| Position Assignments | The position assignment of the container, e.g. Horizontal, top down, left to right etc. |
| Temperature | The temperature of the container. |
| Store Specimens | It deepens depends on the type of container that directly holds the sample. e.g. a freezer or a rack does not store specimens, whereas a box stores specimens. |
| Display in Map | Within the container map, the user can choose to display specimens stored by their PPID (participant protocol ID of the participant) or specimen label. |
| Collection Protocol | To dedicate a container to specific collection protocol. |
| Specimen Types | To restrict the container to hold an only specific type of samples. |
