You can run protocol documents in two modes, that is, assay replicate mode and assay
element mode.
Use the assay element mode if you want to configure the assay elements within the
protocol document. Other assay settings like dilution sequence, analysis, and
suitability tests, are taken from the provided assay templates. Assay runs in this
mode can contain partial plate layouts.
In this mode, you use the Number of replicates setting on Test
sample or Control sample level to define the number of assay runs for each assay
element. The protocol then calculates the number of documents to be generated based
on your settings.
Example
In the following example, the protocol performs two assay
runs and creates two Quantitative response assay documents. As Test A only has one
replicate, it is only contained in the first assay document. Therefore, the layouts
of the generated documents differ:Figure 1. Assay element mode of a Basic bioassay protocol