Document properties

Document properties include general information such as document type, date of creation, and signature details. They also include the property keys available for data aggregation and the label of a document in the form of a barcode.

About document properties

You can access the properties of a document from its context menu or by selecting Document properties in the main toolbar.

PLA 3.0 organizes the properties available for a document in the following tabs:


Tab	Description
General	Provides details on the document, such as the document key, title, and revision. PLA 3.0 displays overlay icons for calculated or signed documents. Tip: Select the folder link to jump directly to the folder in the Navigator.
Signatures	If the document or parts of the document are signed, PLA 3.0 displays the time stamp of the signature, its meaning and area as well as the name of the user who applied the signature.
Properties	Displays all property keys of the document, including calculated values from the analysis. Right-click an entry to copy the URI, section, or value to the clipboard for further use.
Label	Displays the label of the document as a barcode. You can copy the barcode to the clipboard, print or export it. You can also copy the text value of the barcode to the clipboard and use it, for example, in automated processes. Note: The type of barcode, Code 128 or QR code, is set by the database policies.

Document properties and data aggregation

Document properties play a central role in the data aggregation process as they offer the necessary values for setting up filters to transfer data from source to target documents.

PLA 3.0 shows the values you can use for aggregation as a list of document properties on the Properties tab. Each property is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). You use this URI as the key when referencing the source document property in your target document.

Tip: You can also use the section to set up filters. Which sections are available depends on the document type. For example, in the case of Quantitative response assays, each assay element is considered as a section.

The following example shows how you create a filter for assay elements. In your source document, copy the URI of the property that identifies assay elements, General: Assay Element Type {String}:

Figure 1. Copying a URI in the Document properties dialog

Tip: Use the filter in the upper right corner of the dialog to view only a subset of the available properties: Enter your filter criterion and select

. To reset the filter, select

Then, in your target document, add a Property filter, use the URI as the Property key and its respective element as the Term:

Figure 2. Setup of a property filter for Test samples

For a detailed description of data aggregation and the available filter types, see the Data aggregation topic.