Based on collection protocol time points, it is now possible to query for anticipated specimens. For example, query for expected specimens for participants of a protocol in next week.
Steps to query anticipated specimens
- By default, the computation of anticipated visits is disabled. The computation is done on demand.
- Login as a user who has access to edit 'Jobs'. Click on edit option of the "Refresh anticipated specimens" scheduled job.
- Include the collection protocol Id for which query on anticipated specimens need to be enabled. The list of CPs is configured by specifying comma separated CP ID values.
- The system administrators can configure the job to run every night or every hour depending on the needs of their users.
- After the CP is configured and the computation is done at least once, the CP users can start querying anticipated visits as illustrated in the below image. In the below image, the user is interested in knowing the list of participants whose visits are due in the next 3.5 months
- Select the required columns under the node Participant -> Anticipated Specimens in the columns view
- Query results will then display the list of anticipated visits and pending primary specimens to be collected from patients in the next 3.5 months
Disable the wide rows option from columns configuration, this will ensure the anticipated visits and specimens are not displayed in one row for each participant on the results view.