L7 Configuration

mes → risk_levels

Risk levels for exception assessments during quality review.

mes → exception_types

Exception types for exception assessments during quality review.

mes → allow_self_review

Allow users who entered data, signed, or changed data in the EBR to participate in quality review as an operations or quality reviewer.

mes → enable_assessment

Globally enable exception assessment during quality review.

Note: users need additional permissions to make assessments with this feature enabled.

mes → allow_unpinned_versions

Allow users to use unpinned Recipes when creating new Batch Records in L7 MES.

lims → reason_required

Require the user to enter a reason when making changes to completed samples in a LIMS worksheet.

lims → field_spec_types

Spec types for numeric fields in L7 MES.

lims → sample_id_sequences

ID sequences for Entity Types in L7|MASTER.

Note: this is a legacy configuration that pre-dates id_sequences → entity.

lims → auto_sample_id_format

Default ID sequence assigned to newly created Entity Types in L7|MASTER.

lims → full_sheet_evaluation

Evaluate expressions for downstream Protocols in a LIMS worksheet.

By default, expressions are evaluated for active samples in the current Protocol.

lims → user_credentials_required_on_edit_complete_rows

Require the user to enter their L7|ESP username and password when making changes to completed samples in a LIMS worksheet.

illumina → adapter_datasource

Specifies the legacy datasource that defines Illumina adapters.

For modern Illumina support, see the Illumina Hub Bundle.

varelect

Legacy support for VarElect.

logo_file

Global logo used in the header of L7 MES reports.

notebooks → autosave

Enable autosave and the time interval between saves for Notebook Entries.

This time interval, measured in seconds, is also used to group Notebook Entry versions.

notebooks → other_user_approval

Allow users not logged in to sign Notebook Entries.

notebooks → entry_name_templates

Auto-assign names to Notebook Entries.

notebooks → entry_restore_enabled

Restore archived Notebook Entries.

notebooks → no_of_versions_in_group

Number of Notebook Entry versions grouped under Version History.

notebooks → worksheet_save_wait_timeout_seconds

Time to wait for a Notebook Entry to save.

notebooks → time_interval_for_grouping_versions_minutes

Time between saves used to group Notebook Entry versions if autosave is disabled.

This value cannot be less than 30 minutes.

passwords → user_change_ok

Determines whether a user can change their own L7|ESP password. Valid values:

sequences

The database name of all ID sequences and the sequence_number to assign to the next resource created using that ID sequence.

job_footer

Common footer (string) added to all Tasks at runtime.

job_header

Common header (string) added to all Tasks at runtime.

id_sequences → item

ID sequences for Item Types in L7|MASTER.

Note: ID sequences can only be assigned to Items created in Sample Protocols, not L7 Inventory.

id_sequences → entity

ID sequences for Entity Types in L7|MASTER.

id_sequences → experiment

ID sequences for Workflows in L7|MASTER used to name Experiments in L7 Projects.

ontology_mode

Require Entity and Protocol fields to adhere to an ontology, specified in a JSON file.

datetime → date

Default date format.

datetime → time

Default time format.

datetime → datetime

Default datetime format.

datetime → extended

Default datetime format for extended requests.

datetime → extended-utc

Extended datetime format for UTC requests.

datetime → extended-local

Extended datetime format for local requests.

default_language

Default language code for L7|ESP.

container_statuses

Legacy configuration for Container statuses.

In L7|ESP 3.5 this has moved to the statuses configuration.

schedule_management → task_types

Name and color of task types in L7 Scheduling.

resource_permissions → enabled

Allow more than one (1) user to work on the same Notebook Entry.

default_language_name

Default language name for L7|ESP.

default_wfc_transition

Default transition strategy for Workflow Chain transitions in L7|MASTER.

mes.preview_mode

Enables the ability to render an MES MBR “preview” (PDF) within L7|MASTER → workflow chain builder.

Enabled for MES customers, disabled for others.

mes.template_type_restrictions

Enables ESP to enforced additional restrictions on protocols, workflows, and workflow chains, such as locking the “use in manufacturing” value after creation.

Customer preference.

i18n.status

Enables i18n support (also requires an i18n app-enabled license key for full support).

Disabled unless i18n is required.

lims.card_view

Enables “card view” in the LIMS landing page.

Disabled (card view currently has some issues when there are many worksheets).

lims.auto_height

Enables “auto height” in LIMS grid views, where the height of each LIMS grid row is determined dynamically by the contents of each cell in the grid.

Disabled unless auto-height is absolutely necessary. Auto-height carries rendering performance penalties because the grid has to recalculate the height of every row when data changes.

lims.data_caching

Enables “data caching” in LIMS. Data caching guards against accidental data loss by “caching” unsaved changes and allowing the user to reapply these changes when the sheet is re-opened later.

Customer preference.

lims.container_layouts

Enables the experimental “container layouts” feature. This feature allows users in LIMS to create now “layout templates” for containers (like plates) that can be reapplied to new experiments at a later date. The feature should be considered beta status.

Customer preference. L7 appreciates feedback on this in-development feature.

lims.expression_timing

Enables expression timing. Expression timing is useful for performance optimization of data saves for complex workflows. Enabling it incurs a small amount of additional overhead during the save.

Enable during development and testing. Disable for production execution, unless needed to troubleshoot a production issue.

lims.worksheet_locking

Enables worksheet locking. With worksheet locking enable, when a user begins to edit values in a LIMS worksheet, they take control of it and other users may view but not edit the worksheet until the lock is released (usually automatically by the action of saving the sheet).

Enabled.

lims.backlog_smart_cards

Enables “smart cards” in the LIMS backlog. When smart cards are disabled, the information in each sample card is adjusted based on the current grouping to avoid redundant information. It makes the backlog display a little more concise.

Disabled. In L7’s experience, it hasn’t added much value and L7 is currently considering removing this feature flag and capability unless we receive customer feedback to the contrary.

lims.other_user_approval

Enables the ability for a non-signed-in-user to sign a signature flow or other type of approval by entering a username and password.

Disabled. For most organizations and security requirements, it’s best to have the user sign in prior to signing an approval.

lims.dynamic_header_height

Enables auto-adjusting the height of the header row of LIMS tables based on the header contents.

Disabled unless critical. Enabling this flag incurs a UI-performance penalty.

lims.container_editor_days_limit

When using a container editor in LIMS, there’s a dropdown that populates with existing containers of the appropriate type. Normally, this dropdown populates with all containers of that type, but this flag allows restricting the list to those created within the last N days (where N=0 means “only those containers created today”).

Depends on the use-case, but generally best to set it to some value other than disabled to ensure the container editor performance stays stable over time.

lims.no_matching_rows_skips_action

Prior to ESP 3.5, if a protocol action had > 1 condition and each condition matched a subset of rows, the action would fire even if the matching subset of rows were disjoint. With this flag enabled, the action will only fire if the intersect of the rows matched by each condition is non-empty.

Enabled.

lims.early_onchange_evaluation_on_approval

When using approval fields (not signature-flow based), improves change handler support for these fields by firing them before the approval payload is sent to the server and allowing the change handler to abort the send action. This improves backwards compatibility somewhat with workflows created pre ESP 3.3.

Disabled. Instead, use signature flows which already implement the most common reasons customers were using change handlers for approvals anyway and have much more flexibility and capability in general.

lims.failed_sample_prevents_grouped_pipeline_execution

When enabled, users will be unable to launch a pipeline for a grouped pipeline protocol or grouped protocol with a pipeline button if any samples in the group have been aborted.

Customer preference, but usually disabled.

uuid7.status

When enabled, turns on UUID7 support

This was a flag originally because UUID7 was provisional, but has since been accepted into the UUID standard.

Enabled. uuid7 significantly improves batched record insert performance on large ESP instances.

assets.equipment.launchable_workflows

Enables equipment maintenance schedules to associate a workflow with the maintenance.

Customer preference.

entity.linked_items_tab

Enables the “Linked Items” tab in the details view for a an entity (samples, etc.). This tab shows notebook entries that reference the object using the @ linking mechanism.

Enabled for Notebook customers.

ingest.show_instance_status_and_logs

Enables additional status and logging information disable in the ingest app for ingest instances. Useful for debugging failing ingests.

Enabled. The logs are collected regardless, so enabling will provide easier access to them and can contain valuable timing data for long-running ingests.

master.equipment.custom_views

Enables creating and viewing a custom equipment detail tab.

Customer preference.

master.workflows.experiment_launcher

Enables a “Launch LIMS Experiment” button in the L7|MASTER workflow builder that streamlines creating new experiments and LIMS worksheets for workflow testing purposes.

Enabled for development.

master.containers.custom_views

Enables creating and viewing a custom container detail tab, including for Kits.

Customer preference.

planner.status

Enables the “Planner” tab in the projects app.

Disabled. The planner tab has known performance issues and has been deprecated in favor of the Scheduling app.

docusign.status

Enable “docusign” (or other 3rd party digital signing, such as adobe sign) support.

Enable if integrating with docusign or adobe sign.

projects.experiments.groupby_tabs.by_owner

Enables the “By Owner” tab of the Experiments view in the Projects app.

Disabled for large installations.

projects.experiments.groupby_tabs.by_project

Enables the “By Owner” tab of the Experiments view in the Projects app.

Disabled for large installations.

projects.experiments.groupby_tabs.by_workflow

Enables the “By Owner” tab of the Experiments view in the Projects app.

Disabled for large installations.

projects.experiments.allow_create_worksheet_with_submit

Enables users to create a LIMS worksheet with the same name as their experiment, containing all experiment samples, when they submit samples.

Customer preference.

container.tree_view

Enables the “Tree view” in the locations app.

Disabled for large installs on ESP < 3.5. This flag is not relevant in 3.5 since the Locations app was merged into the new Assets app.

designers.implementor_designer

Enables the experimental “Implementor Designer' builder in LIMS, which can map from an input excel file in a certain format directly to ESP objects.

Customer need-dependent. L7 appreciates feedback on this beta feature.

flex_view.print_button

Enables the “Print” button for flex views.

Customer need-dependent. For implementations that do not need to print flex views, L7 recommends disabling this capability to avoid user confusion.

locations.platemap.show_item_names

Enables the name of the item occupying a “plate well” in plate-style containers (including all containers within LIMS container editor).

Enabled.

locations.platemap.enforce_unique_objects

Enables enforcing the rule that an object cannot be placed in more than one “slot” in the same container. This flag only enables enforcement at the UI level. The enforcement is only within a container and does not prevent distributing an entity across multiple different containers.

Customer preference.

notebooks.rich_text_table

Whether the Rich Text editor widget in notebooks includes a “Table” button.

Disabled. L7 recommends using the table widget or the spreadsheet widget instead. These produce JSON structures of the data that simplify downstream processing of ELN data, where the table button in the rich text editor widget produces an HTML table directly.

notebooks.live_collaboration

Enables “live collaboration” where two users can edit the same notebook at the same time as long as they are editing different widgets within the notebook.

Disabled, especially in 3.5 due to conflicts with version history capabilities introduced in 3.5.

logStreaming.status

Enables log streaming to the UI. Experimental feature.

Disabled. Contact L7 support to discuss enabling.

knowledge_graph.status

Enables the OOB knowledge graph capability.

Disabled. Contact L7 support for access to the knowledge graph HUB bundle, instead.

entity_data_view.table_grouping

Enables the “grouped data” view in the entities app. When this flag is disabled (the default), each custom field “group” is represented as a nested tab in the “Data” tab of the entity details view. When the flag is enabled, all custom fields are displayed in a single table, grouped by custom field group.

Customer preference. The disabled state is tested more extensively but L7 appreciates feedback on whether the “enabled” state provides a better user experience overall.

lims_document_view.status

Enables the “document view” capability in LIMS, which provides a view in LIMS analogous to the EBR tab in MES.

Disabled. Doc View in LIMS is highly experimental and only really useful for single-sample workflows.

dynamic_expressions.status

Enables the “Dynamic Expressions” experimental capability in LIMS. This capability allows some cell expressions to be calculated real-time in the browser, avoiding the need for a save to compute the result. This can reduce implementation times by reducing the number of “change handlers” required for real-time calculation support.

Disabled. The feature works, but after some field testing, L7 believes some additional refinements are required for a better overall experience. However, feedback from customers on this capability is appreciated.

job_progress_monitor.status

Enables the “job progress” monitor support.

Customer preference. Enabling provides more insight into LIMS save progress, among other things.

n_dimensional_vectors.status

Enables “Vector Field” support. In ESP 3.3 and 3.4, this enables support for both MES and LIMS. In ESP 3.5, this enables support in LIMS because support in MES (or protocols marked as “Use for Manufacturing” = “Yes”) is always enabled.

Customer preference. L7 appreciates feedback on this capability in LIMS.

chart_widget_regression_analysis.status

Enables the ability to add regression lines to charts in the Notebooks app.

Disabled.

editable_generic_renderer_widget.status

When enabled, the code in Generic renderer widgets in flex views can be directly edited within a LIMS worksheet. This can accelerate development time for custom flex view displays by allowing real-time edit-render cycles without having to create new experiments for each edit. However, the edited widget code is NOT saved anywhere, so developers must copy any desired changes back to the Protocol in L7|MASTER.

Enabled for development environments, disabled for production.