Bika LIMS 2 · QC and Worksheet template design invitation

Programming on Bika LIMS 2.0's Worksheet templates and QC module starts 1 March. It would be great to refine these designs with feedback from lab specialists wanting to contribute. Summarised designs have been uploaded to the LIMS 2 project page and the users' mailing list posted. You are invited to comment. Specifically challenging would be to design a Worksheet 'Template Engine' for lab managers to create and maintain worksheet templates in the simplest possible way

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"Bika 2 provides Worksheet Templates for the creation of Worksheets made up of requested analyses logically grouped together, eg the analyses destined for the same instrument and analyst. These templates include QC controls such as Standards and Duplicates

Raw results are captured, where applicable, also catch weights & volumes. Correction factors based on Calibration samples, as well as catch weights/volumes, are calculated and applied to the raw results and reported as corrected values

The challenge is to design a Worksheet 'Template Engine' (TE) for lab managers to create new and maintain existing worksheet templates - eg when the lab add new analyses, methods or sample types to their repertoires"

"Key to understanding the concept, the WS Template engine sits at the top of a 3 tier hierarchy: Daily Worksheets are created from Worksheet templates that were created earlier in the Worksheet Template Engine"

Worksheet Template Engine proposal

Quality Control proposal · Standards, their Specifications and Suppliers, Duplicates (Checks), Blanks and Calibrations. Analysis Request and Worksheet flow. Reports and graphs, Trends, Distribution and % Error

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Please forward comment to 'lemoene at bikalabs dot com' or post or listen in on the Bika Users' mailing list at http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/bika-users