You can create containers with or without using the container types. Using types, you can create a whole hierarchy at once, i.e. the freezer, rack, and boxes all at once or individually.

Create Single and Multiple Containers

Single Container: You can create single containers of the same properties with or without using the container types.

Multiple Container: You can create multiple containers of the same properties with or without using the container types(e.g., 8 boxes in one go inside a rack).

Go to the containers list page and click on the 'Create' button.
Select option 'Single Container' of the 'Create' field

or

Select the option 'Multiple Containers' of the 'Create' field

Enter all the mandatory details and click on 'Create' button

Parent Container is used only when you are creating sub-containers.
You can create single or multiple containers without selecting any container type.
Create containers in the top-down hierarchy. I.e., Freezer->Rack→Box.
Restrictions set based on the Collection Protocol and Specimen Types on any container is carried forward to all child containers below it by default. Restrictions can be set at any level.

Create Containers In Bulk

You can create multiple containers in bulk; refer to 'Create/Update Storage Containers' for more details.

Description of Fields

Field Title	Mandatory	Description

Field Title	Mandatory	Description
No. of containers	Yes	This will create multiple containers of with same dimensions.
Used for	Yes	Specifies whether the container created will be used as only storage container or a temporary storage container to store distributed samples
Type	No	Type of container you wish to create for your repository.
Display Name	No	Display Names of containers (from v10.0.RC2 onwards)
Name	Yes	Comma separated values of unique names for containers (if container type is not selected) (from v10.0.RC2 onwards)
Barcode	No	Comma separated values of unique names for containers (from v10.0.RC2 onwards)
Site	Yes	The site where the physical container exists.
Parent Container	No	The parent container under which the container has to be created.
Dimension	Yes	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.
Position Labeling	Yes	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.....)
Position Assignments	Yes	The position assignment of the container, e.g. Horizontal, top down, left to right etc.
Approximate Capacity	No	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.
Temperature	No	The temperature of the container.
Store Specimens	No	It 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	No	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	No	To dedicate a container to specific collection protocol.
Specimen Types	No	To restrict the container to hold only specific types of samples.

Frequently Asked Questions

https://openspecimen.atlassian.net/wiki/x/EYD_6g

Creating storage containers

Create Single and Multiple Containers

Create Containers In Bulk

Description of Fields

Frequently Asked Questions