Add-ons

The PLA 3.0 Migration and Archiving Toolkit consists of several add-ons that cover different aspects of the archiving and migration process.

Which add-ons you have to activate in your environment depends on your use case. The following add-ons are available:
  • PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant
  • PLA 2.x Archive Import Module
  • PLA 2.x Archive Package
  • PLA 2.x Migration Package
  • PLA 2.x Comparison Package

PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant

The PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant calculates a specific project or all projects of your PLA 2.x database. The calculation results are copied to the synchronization folder. The synchronization folder is updated when this step is repeated.

The largest challenge during the development of the PLA 3.0 Migration and Archiving Toolkit was to find a way to automate the calculation of PLA 2.0 and PLA 2.1 assays without touching the existing PLA 2.x database. The need for a re-validation of PLA 2.x data was to be avoided. The solution was the development of the PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant which is not a part of the actual PLA 2.x installation but instead uses its own installation. Thus, no PLA 2.x installation file is changed. The IQ and OQ processes still prove the unmodified installation. When the PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant is started, it makes use of the calculation routines of the host PLA 2.x installation.

PLA 2.x Archive Import Module

The PLA 2.x Archive Import Module is the counterpart for the PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant. It reads the archived assays, prepared by the PLA 2.x Archiving Assistant, and imports them into the PLA 3.0 database.

PLA 2.x Archive Package

The PLA 2.x Archive Package defines the storage structures and delivers the document types required for setting up a PLA 2.x archive within PLA 3.0. It does not contain further functionality.

Document types delivered with this add-on:
  • PLA 2.x Assay archive document type
  • PLA 2.x Database synchronization document type
  • PLA 2.x Project synchronization document type
Note: All document types are fitted with reports for documenting the corresponding meta data.

PLA 2.x Migration Package

The PLA 2.x Migration Package provides the actions to migrate archived documents, using the PLA 2.x Assay archive and PLA 2.x Project synchronization document types. When you migrate, a new document is created. The process never touches the original data.

Note: The add-on is only required if you want to migrate PLA 2.x Assay archive documents to PLA 3.0 Quantitative response assays.

PLA 2.x Comparison Package

The PLA 2.x Comparison Package allows you to compare migrated data with the original PLA 2.x Assay archive document. The comparison process is performed using the PLA 2.x Assay comparison or PLA 2.x Bulk comparison document type.

Document types delivered with this add-on:
  • PLA 2.x Assay comparison document type
  • PLA 2.x Bulk comparison document type
Note: All document types are fitted with reports for documenting the corresponding meta data.