Allow Printing of Unsaved Results in OpenLab CDS

Answer

This Information Applies To: Agilent OpenLab CDS

Issue

The default workflow for OpenLab CDS is the following: Reprocess Results > Save Results > Print Results. This is the recommended workflow for regulated environments.

For nonregulated environments, it is possible to change the workflow to allow printing of unsaved results. The user will be able to print reports at any step of the process.

Requirements

To enable/disable this project option, the user must have the role privilege of  Project Management > Manage project or project group.

Steps to Follow

Caution: Do not modify the default workflow without consulting your organizational regulatory policies. Ask management or administrators to get confirmation or agreement before applying workflow changes.

1. Start OpenLab Control Panel and select Projects. (Figure 1)

   
   
   Figure 1. Edit Projects
   
   

2. Decide Project that you need to change workflow and select Edit Project button. (Figure 1)

3. Open Project Options and check ON in the Allow printing unsaved results check box. (Figure 2)

   
   
   Figure 2. Project Options
   
   

4. Click OK to save project options. (Figure 2)

Default Workflow

1. Click Reprocess All button or Reprocess Selected Results button to reprocess results. (Figure 3)

   
   
   Figure 3. Reprocess button 
   
   

2. Click Save All Results to save your reprocessed results. (Figure 4)

   
   
   Figure 4. Save Results button
   
   

3. Click Print All to print your results set. (Figure 5)

   
   
   Figure 5. Print Results 
   
   

    

   Tips: Under the default workflow, if the user skips saving the results and tries to print reports, a warning message will be displayed. (Figure 6)

Figure 06. Warning Screen

Printing results without saving - Allow printing unsaved results check box is checked.

1. Click Reprocess All or Reprocess Selected Results to reprocess results. (Figure 7)

   
   
   Figure 07. Reprocess to Pring
   
   

2. After reprocessing results, Print Results button and Save Results button are always enabled to execute. (Figure 8)
   

   
   
   Figure 08. Reporting Reports without Saving Results 
   
   

Tips: To determine if a report was printed before, or after saving the results, you can compare the printed date in the report with the Saved results date from the audtit trail. See the article: How to Review and Confirm Audit Trails in Data Analysis by Administrators at OpenLab CDS (version 2.x)

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