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Data analysis
Data analysis add-ons offer a wide range of capabilities, ranging from analytical methods over comprehensive analysis to statistical process control. PLA 3.0 also provides a set of add-ons that support and supplement data analysis add-ons.
Toolkit for Biological Assay Package
Use the Toolkit for Biological Assay Package to modify the analytical settings of larger sets of Quantitative response assays or split Quantitative response assays with more than one test or control sample into individual assays.
Copy and adjust assays
Modify the analytical settings of larger sets of Quantitative response assays in PLA 3.0 in a single move.
Source section
This section allows you to select the template that provides the analytical settings you want to use. Add Source folder elements if your source assays are located in specific folders.

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Data analysis
Data analysis add-ons offer a wide range of capabilities, ranging from analytical methods over comprehensive analysis to statistical process control. PLA 3.0 also provides a set of add-ons that support and supplement data analysis add-ons.
- Biological Assay Package
  Use the Biological Assay Package for potency analysis of biological assays. The add-on comes equipped with a highly flexible test system to qualify your assay. You can perform combination calculations to obtain a reportable value from independent assay runs and use historic assay data to develop equivalence margins.
- Biological Assays Simulation Package
  Use the Biological Assays Simulation Package to create simulations of quantitative response assays (QRAs) and use the Quantitative response assay document type of PLA 3.0 to store the simulated data.
- bioMérieux Endotoxin Detection Assay Package
  Use the bioMérieux Endotoxin Detection Assay Package add-on to perform endotoxin testing based on recombinant factor C (rFC), a synthetic alternative to naturally sourced reagents derived from horseshoe crabs, as offered by the bioMérieux company.
- Control Chart Package
  The Control Chart Package allows sophisticated statistical process control (for example, by plotting Shewhart I-Charts as recommended in the USP <1010>). It provides visualization options for intervals, subcharts and sidecharts, and allows you to define colors by a secondary characteristic. You can also define rules based on events and time frames.
- Dichotomous Assay Package
  Use the Dichotomous Assay Package to analyze biological assays based on quantal (binary) responses by fitting probit or logit models to estimate the potency of your samples.
- Dose-Response Analysis Package
  The Dose-Response Analysis Package provides various biostatistical methods for immunoassays, ELISA, and more. It supports you in investigating equivalence for calibration curves, provides enhanced data processing, and options for subgroup analysis.
- Generic Document Types Package
  Use the Generic Document Types Package add-on to document general information.
- Integration Report Package
  Use the Integration Report Package for creating reports in additional file formats that are not covered by the standard PLA 3.0 reporting functionality. These reports can be used for example for automated processing in third-party software.
- Measurement Documentation Package
  The Measurement Documentation Package add-on is a universal add-on for documenting different aspects of a measurement. Its documents can be referenced by other document types, for example, Quantitative response assays.
- Microbial Assays for Antibiotics Package
  The Microbial Assays for Antibiotics Package for PLA 3.0 is your software for assessing the potency of antibiotics. This add-on supports various methods, that is, cylinder-plate, turbidimetric, and combination of microbial assays. It enables you to closely follow the guidelines laid out in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP <81>) and the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP 4.02).
- Split Assay Package
  Use the Split Assay Package to split a Quantitative response assay with several Test and Control samples into individual assays, each with the Standard and one Test or Control sample.
- Toolkit for Biological Assay Package
  Use the Toolkit for Biological Assay Package to modify the analytical settings of larger sets of Quantitative response assays or split Quantitative response assays with more than one test or control sample into individual assays.
  - Installation
    Find details on the system requirements for the Toolkit for Biological Assay Package add-on and the steps to install the add-on in your environment.
  - Copy and adjust assays
    Modify the analytical settings of larger sets of Quantitative response assays in PLA 3.0 in a single move.
    - Source section
      This section allows you to select the template that provides the analytical settings you want to use. Add Source folder elements if your source assays are located in specific folders.
    - Target section
      This section allows you to select whether output documents are immediately calculated and in which folder the output documents are created. You can also select whether the respective analytical setting is taken from the source assay or the template.
    - Procedure
      Create a template with the settings you need and use it to copy and adjust a set of assays.
  - Split assays
    Split Quantitative response assays with more than one test or control sample into individual assays.
Data import
Use data acquisition and data import add-ons to import external response values and observation data into PLA 3.0 for further processing and evaluation.
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Source section

This section allows you to select the template that provides the analytical settings you want to use. Add Source folder elements if your source assays are located in specific folders.

Figure 1. Available elements of the Source sections, displayed in the Content editor

The following elements are available:


Element	Description	Specification
Template	Select a Quantitative response assay template. Settings set to 'from template' are taken from this template.	required
Source folder	Select the folder in which the source assays are located. All Quantitative response assay documents located in this folder are copied and adjusted. Note: Documents located in subfolders are ignored.	optional, can be used multiple times
Processing order	Determines the order in which PLA processes the source assays. The following options are available: unsorted: The source assays are processed in no specific order. by key: PLA processes the source assays according to their document keys. by name: PLA processes the source assays in lexicographical order according to their document names. by date: PLA processes the source assays according to their creation date.	required
Reset source folder reference(s)	Select the 'yes' option from the drop-down list to remove all Source folder elements after copying the source assays.	optional