Understanding Projects and Experiments

Projects are a collection of one (1) or more Experiments. An Experiment is defined by the data (Entity) and process (Workflow or Workflow Chain) assigned to it (A). Experimental data is recorded at the Protocol level in a LIMS Worksheet (B).

Everyone! End Users will use L7 Projects to create both Projects and Experiments, and L7 LIMS to process these Experiments. As a Super User, you will routinely use these two (2) apps to test the content you are creating.

To create a new Project, go to: L7 Projects → + New Project

There are two (2) ways to create a new Experiment:

For now we will focus on creating a new Experiment for a single Workflow, which is a three (3) step process.

Step 1: Define Experiment

Complete the required fields.

Note

Users can also select a Dynamic Execution Plan (DEP) for Workflow Chain Experiments.

DEPs were introduced in L7|ESP v3.3. General and BOM Plans were added in v3.4.

Scheduled tasks are used in L7 Scheduling.

Step 2: Add Entities

Add existing or new Entities to the Experiment.

Step 3: Review & Save

• Add or remove Entities.

• Save & Close creates the Experiment, but does not submit it to L7 LIMS for processing.

  • This leaves the Experiment in the pending state, which allows users to edit its name and Entities prior to submission.

• Save & Submit creates the Experiment and submits it to L7 LIMS for processing.

The landing page of L7 LIMS displays queued Entities and the Worksheets created to process them. Queued Entities are grouped by Experiment in the backlog, but this default grouping can be adjusted and include up to three (3) attributes.

There are two (2) ways to create a new Worksheet:

Once created, the Worksheet will appear in the main viewing window in the empty or loading state.

Empty – the Worksheet does not have any Entities.

Loading – all of the Entities are in the first Protocol of the Worksheet.

Entities can be added to Worksheets in these two states IF they were submitted to the same version of the same Workflow.

Entities can be removed from Worksheets in the loading state by selecting the Worksheet row and the "x" next to the Entity in the inspector panel. This will return the Entity to the backlog for future processing.

Active (incomplete) Entities can be removed from Worksheets in the running state by selecting the checkbox at the beginning of the row and the Abort Selected button.

Worksheets support spreadsheet-style data entry for Entities submitted to an Experiment. Each Entity corresponds to a row in the Worksheet, and the columns represent the custom fields associated with each Protocol in the Workflow.

Worksheet details and Protocol-level instructions are hidden by default, but can be expanded on the left side of the screen.

Field-level changes, comments, and insights are hidden by default, but can be expanded on the right side of the screen.

Once data has been recorded for all active Entities in the Protocol, select the Complete checkbox followed by Save or Save and Continue to advance to the next Protocol.