Create and assign preparation schemes

Learn how to create preparation schemes and assign them to assay elements in Dose-response analysis documents.

Before you begin

We recommend becoming familiar with the preparation schemes concept of PLA 3.0 before beginning. For details, see the Preparation schemes topic.

About this task

Created from scratch, Dose-response analysis documents have one multi-dose and one single-dose preparation scheme. In this example, we create one extra single-dose scheme along with one extra test sample and assign the new scheme to the new sample.

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

Procedure

To create a single-dose preparation scheme:
  1. In the Content editor of your Dose-response analysis document, go to Setup > Preparation schemes.
  2. In the Creatable elements pane, double-click Single-dose scheme.
    Result: Your assay document now has two Single-dose scheme elements.
To assign the preparation schemes to the test element:
  1. Go to Setup > Assay elements.
  2. Right-click the Test element.
  3. From the context menu, select Duplicate element.
    Result: Your assay document now has two Test elements.
  4. Under the new Test element, from the Preparation scheme drop-down list, select the single-dose scheme you created.
  5. Save the document.

Example

The following image from the 'Linearity of dilution assessment' sample document shows the assignment of single-dose schemes with different dilutions to their respective test samples:
Figure 1. Assignment of a single-dose preparation scheme to a test sample