Applied Biosystems 7900HT User Manual page 311

Applied Biosystems 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System and SDS Enterprise Database User Guide
Configuring the Setup Table File with Plate Document Information
The second step in the procedure is to import the setup table file into a secondary
application, configure it with sample and detector information, and then save the
completed setup table file in tab-delimited format.
1. Start the application that you want to use to edit the setup table file.
2. Import the setup table file from the previous procedure as tab-delimited text.
If using a spreadsheet application to edit the setup table file, the application
automatically parses the tab-delimited information into the cells of a
spreadsheet.
3. Configure the setup table file with sample and detector information according
to the file structure explained on
4. Save the setup table file in tab-delimited format.
5. Import the completed setup table file into an empty plate document as explained
below.
Importing the Completed Setup Table File into a Plate Document
The final step in the procedure is to import the completed setup table tab-delimited
file into an empty plate document.
1. If the plate document created in
page A-2 is still open in the SDS software, continue to step 3. Otherwise, create
a plate document to receive the setup table data:
a. Start the SDS software.
b. Create or open a plate document to receive the information from the text
file.
2. Click (or select File > Import).
3. In the Look In field of the Import dialog box, navigate to and select the
completed tab-delimited setup table file from
4. Click .
The software imports the setup table information from the text file and
automatically configures the plate document plate grid and setup table with
detector, detector task, marker, and sample data.
Importing Plate Document Setup Table Files
page A-4.
"Creating an Empty Setup Table File" on
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step 4 in the previous procedure.
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