References editor

Use the References editor to retrieve observation data from referenced documents.

The following figure shows the structure of this editor:

Figure 1. References editor of a Combination of assay results document

The following items are available:

Toolbar
Data table
Work area

Toolbar

Use the toolbar to work with document references. Which icons are available in the toolbar depends on the update mode you select in the data table of the Content editor of your target document.

For details on the available update modes, see the Column: Document reference topic.


Icon	Name	Description
	Add reference	Add references to PLA 3.0 documents.
	Remove reference	Remove references to PLA 3.0 documents.
	Refresh references	Refresh existing references.
	Sign	Apply an electronic signature to the data area. Tip: To apply a signature to the content area or the whole document, use the Signatures feature in the action bar.
	Open externally	Display your data in your standard editor for .csv files. Important: When opening data externally, we recommend you verify the formatting of the transferred data and correct the imported values if required. For example, Microsoft Excel automatically re-formats the ratio 1:50 to the time stamp 1:50:00.

Data table

The data table of this editor shows the data transferred from referenced documents, indicated in gray. You can only edit a subset of this data, for example, to change the technical outlier setting. To open a referenced document, hold the SHIFT key and select the respective reference.

Note: This data table plays a central role when setting up data aggregation processes. For details on this feature, see the Data aggregation topic.

View annotations

Annotations give more details about specific actions performed on data values. You can view these annotations from any data editor. PLA 3.0 creates annotations for values acquired using a Data Acquisition Module and for values for which the technical outlier state is changed.

You can identify an annotated value by a small blue triangle in the upper left corner of the data cell. To view the annotation, select Show annotations from the context menu of the data cell.

Work area

The work area shows details of the entries you selected in the data table. Use this area to work on multiple entries at the same time (multi-cell editing). For example, to exclude data values by marking them as technical outliers, set the Technical outlier setting to 'true.'