Data aggregation

Data aggregation in PLA 3.0 lets you automatically transfer data and results from source to target PLA 3.0 documents, thus supporting complex and compliant operations. Manually entering data in spreadsheets or other programs is not necessary.

About data aggregation

Several PLA 3.0 document types make use of data aggregation. Some document types, such as Combination of assay results and Equivalence margin development documents, come equipped with a predefined data aggregation logic as they require a complex set of rules for the aggregation process to work correctly.

For other document types such as Control charts, you can freely set up the data aggregation logic. In such cases, you can adapt and enhance the default settings according to your requirements.

When setting up data aggregation, you work with the following entities:

  • Document references to establish a link between source documents and the target document.

  • Document reference filters to decide which of the referenced documents PLA 3.0 can use as source documents.

  • Section filters to decide from which sections within a source document PLA 3.0 can aggregate data.

  • Dataset columns to define the parameters you want to aggregate.

To fine-tune your aggregation process, you can also combine document reference filters and section filters.

Note: Data aggregation is available only if you set the observation source of your document to aggregation. For details on this setting, see the Observation source topic.

Use cases

The following list shows examples of how you can work with data aggregation in PLA 3.0:

  • Use Control chart documents for compliant and automated assay monitoring. For details see the Set up Control chart documents topic.

  • Use Equivalence margin development documents to utilize data of historic assays to develop and verify test systems and use these systems to apply them in new assay development. For details, see the Equivalence margin development topic.