Create assay elements

Learn how to create assay elements in Dose-response analysis documents.

Before you begin

We recommend becoming familiar with the assay element concept of PLA 3.0 before beginning. For details, see the Assay elements topic.

About this task

Created from scratch, Dose-response analysis documents have one assay element for the reference standard and one for the test sample. In this example, we create five extra test samples.

Note: This task shows how to efficiently work with the document structure in this context. To see how you configure assay elements in a practical example, see the Use case: Determine total human thyroxine (T4) topic.

Procedure

To create assay elements:
  1. In the Content editor of your Dose-response analysis document, go to Setup > Assay elements.
  2. In the Creatable elements pane, right-click Test, and then select Create multiple elements from the context menu.
  3. In the Create multiple elements dialog, change the value of Number of elements to create to 5.
  4. To add the elements, select OK.
    Result: Your assay document now has six Test assay elements.
  5. Save the document.

Example

The following image from the 'Linear calibration curve (enhanced response data processing)' sample document shows a possible setup with six test samples:
Figure 1. Sample setup of six test samples