Compare a single assay

Compare the calculation results of a single PLA 2.x Assay archive document with the calculation results of the corresponding migrated PLA 3.0 Quantitative response assay.

Document type required for this task: PLA 2.x Assay comparison document.

About this task

Comparing the results of a single assay is a two-step process. The first step is to aggregate the source data from the documents that should be compared. The second step is the actual comparison of the results.

If you already created a PLA 2.x Assay comparison document with a previous version of the PLA 3.0 Migration and Archiving Toolkit, we recommend you either recreate this document or upgrade its structure.

Procedure

  1. Log in to PLA 3.0 with your PLA administrator account.
To create the PLA 2.x Assay comparison document required to control the compare process:
  1. Right-click the migration root folder, and select New.
  2. In the Create a new document dialog, complete the following steps:
    1. Navigate to PLA 2.x Comparison package > PLA 2.x Assay comparison document and select 'New PLA 2.x Assay comparison document'.
    2. Select Create.
  3. Set up the document in the Content editor:
    Figure 1. Setup of a PLA 2.x Assay comparison document
    1. Enter a name for the document.
    2. As Migrated document reference, select the migrated PLA 3.0 Quantitative response assay.
      The corresponding PLA 2.x Assay archive document is detected automatically.
    3. In the Comparison settings section, define the comparison precision.
      Note: Due to the nature of Quantitative response assays, the results especially for non-linear regression are very sensitive and may require you to reduce the precision from the default values. This does not indicate an error, but it requires your attention.
  4. Save the document.
  5. To read the source data from the original and the migrated documents, on the action bar, select Aggregate.
  6. To compare the data, on the action bar, select Compare.

Result

The Dashboard of the PLA 2.x Assay comparison document is updated with the comparison results:
Figure 2. PLA 2.x Assay comparison document Dashboard after a successful comparison

What to do next

For further processing of the results, you can create a PDF report or open the results in a spreadsheet.