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  • Go to the home page and click on the ‘Arrays’ card.
  • From the array’s list page, click on the ‘+ Create’ button

  • Enter all valid details and click on the ‘Create’ button.


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titleFields on 'Create Array' page


FieldsMandatory?Description
NameYesName of the array
Dimension (in mm)NoDimensions of the array. The dimensions are to be set in order Length X Width X Thickness (L X W X T)
CapacityYesThe capacity of the array in terms of how many cores it can hold. The order to be followed is Rows X Columns.
Labeling SchemeYes

Indicates the position labels, e.g., Alphabets Uppercase, Numbers : (A, 1). 

The order to be followed is Rows X Columns. 

Core diameter (in mm)YesThe diameter of the cores
Created by
It picks up the current user details  by default
Creation Date
Picks up the current date by default
QualityNoIndicates the quality of the array: Acceptable/ Not Acceptable/ Not Specified.
Status
You can save the status as 'Draft' to ensure the array you created is fine. And then you can come back and change the status to 'Completed.'



Add Specimens to Cores

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  • Click on the ‘Array Map’ icon from the left side menu

  • Scan specimen labels delimited by comma, tab, or newline and click on the ‘Assign Cores’ button.
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You specify the location within the array for each specimen, e.g., put position like (3,1)999 (specimen label). Some cells within the array can be left blank. You can either put extra commas or click on the '+' mark within the array map to skip positions.


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Once the array is marked as completed, the array map cannot be changed to add or remove further specimen cores. 

  • Go to the array's overview page, click on the ‘Edit’ button and change the status of the array to ‘Completed.’
  • The system adds the ‘Specimen Array Event’ to the specimens added in the cores. You can view the event added under the ‘Recent Events’ list on the specimens overview page.

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  • Clicking on the event on the right-hand side, go to the overview page.
  • The details are visible in the grid, based upon the form fields that have 'Show In Grid' selected. In this case, it is the stain type only. It appears as a hyperlink. In case you wish to display all the details in the grid in the custom form, check 'Show In Grid' for all the fields.

  • Click on the stain type. This will lead you to the edit event page for that particular core:

  • These details can be updated, and then click 'Save.' 
  • In case you want to delete this event for this particular core, click on 'Delete.'

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Delete Array Event

Suppose you added the 'Staining Event' accidentally and wish to delete the entire event. This can be done by going to the 'Events' tab.

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