Creating Plate Documents Using The Template Batch Utility - Applied Biosystems 7900HT User Manual

Chapter 4 Operating the Instrument

Creating Plate Documents Using the Template Batch Utility

About the
Template Batch
Utility
Generating Plate
Documents from
a Template
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The Template Batch utility allows you to quickly create multiple plate documents
from a single SDS 7900HT Template Document (*.sdt). The Template Batch utility
can be a useful timesaving device in situations where samples are run on plates with
identical assay configurations.
Plate documents created by the Template Batch utility do not contain
IMPORTANT!
sample or plate information (Bar code or Comment settings). You must apply this
information to each plate document individually after the file is run.
For more information on the elements of the Template Batch dialog box or to
Note:
view the procedures for importing or editing Plate IDs, click
Detection Systems Software Online Help.
1. In the SDS software, open a plate document template from the:
Computer Hard Drive
a. Click (or select File > Open).
b. Select File of type > SDS 7900HT Template Document (*.sdt).
c. In the Look in field, navigate to and select the plate document template.
d. Click
e. Go to step 2.
SDS Enterprise Database
a. Select File > Open Template from Database.
b. In the Template Names field of the Select Template dialog box, navigate
to and select the plate document template.
c. Click
d. Click
e. Save the plate document template to the computer hard drive as explained
on page 3-25.
f. Go to step 2.
The SDS software displays the plate document template.
2. Send the plate document template to the queue:
a. Select the Instrument tab.
b. Select the Queue tab.
3. Click
4. Configure the Template Batch dialog box with Plate IDs:
a. Click
DRAFT
.
.
.
.
.
and see the Sequence