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This chapter describes how to manage protocols in caNanoLab with the Protocols function. This section includes the following topics:
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Protocols Overview
The Protocols function enables you to create or search for a protocol. A protocol provides clear and detailed documentation about the precise actions taken in creating or annotating a sample. When you click the Protocols option on the caNanoLab menu bar, the Manage Protocol Home page appears. The Protocol lInks on the Manage Protocol Home page provide the following options:
- Submitting a New Protocol: This takes you to a form for entering information for a new protocol you want to submit.
- 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT: This takes you to a form for launching a search for an existing protocol.
Description of a Protocol
During a caNanoLab workflow, you have the option of identifying a protocol used in creating or annotating a sample. A protocol provides clear and detailed documentation about the precise actions taken in any procedure that might be part of an experiment. For example, a protocol could describe the steps a laboratory used for characterizing samples. There are different type of protocols, such as Physical, In Vitro, and In Vivo.
With every protocol object you create in caNanoLab, you can define its visibility, in other words, its access to other users of caNanoLab. For more information about visibility options, see the tables corresponding to each characterization type.
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If you do not select an option for visibility, by default, Private is selected, meaning only the owner can view and/or modify it. |
Submitting a Protocol
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This help topic opens from the Update Protocol page, as well as from the Submit Protocol page. For more information about protocol update, see 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT. |
To submit a new protocol, follow these steps:
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Select or enter the appropriate information in the text fields and drop-down lists. Fields are described in the following table. Items with an asterisk are required fields.
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Description
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Protocol Type*
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Protocol Name*
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.
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Protocol Version*
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.
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Protocol Abbreviation
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Shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name
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Protocol File
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Click the Browse button to navigate to the protocol file.
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File Title
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Enter the title of the protocol file.
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Description
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Enter any additional description information that the form does not include.
To clear the entries and start again, click the Reset button.
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Searching Existing Protocols
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You can access this page after logging into caNanoLab or you can access publicly available sample protocols from the Login page. |
To launch a search for a specific protocol, follow these steps:
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Enter text or select criteria as appropriate (described in the following table).
When defining search criteria, there are no "required" fields. You can add only those parameters that you consider essential to the search.
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Protocol Type
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Protocol Name
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Enter a partial or complete name of the protocol. Select Contains (for partial text) or Equals (for an exact search) from the dropdown list.
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Protocol Abbreviation
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Enter a partial or complete name of an abbreviation that has been assigned to the protocol.
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Protocol File Title
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Enter the name of the protocol file title
To clear the values and start again, click Reset to clear the search criteria.
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If you click the Search button having defined no parameters, all of the caNanoLab protocols will be listed in the Search Results. |
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Protocol Search Results
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If you click the Search button having defined no parameters, all of the protocols located in the search display in the search results. |
Once you submit a search for a protocol (2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT), search results display in the caNanoLab screen. Results show pertinent protocol information defined which is defined in the 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT section. Columns are sortable by page by clicking on the column heading.
To return to the Search page, click the Back ( ) button not the Browser button.
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Edit
Add to Favorites
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Click Edit in the first column to open a protocol file, displayed as a 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
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Edit is only available for people that have an account and are logged into the system. |
Click the Add to Favorites link to add the protocol to your Favorites tab. Success appears in the column when the protocol is successfully added.
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If the protocol is already added as a favorite, clicking Add to Favorites displays a message. |
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Protocol Name
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.
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Protocol Version
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Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.
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Protocol Abbreviation
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Shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.
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Protocol File
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The Title and Description of the protocol are listed. Click View to download the protocol file.
The column is empty when... .Why is it listed and the others aren/t?
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The number of items located in the search display appears in the the upper-left of the search results table. The bottom right of the search results table enables you to navigate to pages.
Editing a Protocol
See 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
Protocol Update Page
The Protocol Update page opens when you click the Edit link corresponding to a protocol listed in 2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT. The page displays all of the information for a protocol that was entered when the protocol was created in caNanoLab (2 - Managing Protocols in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT). With appropriate permissions, you can edit the title, description and visibility of a protocol in this dialog box.
To open an associated protocol file, click the hypertext file name in the Protocol File field. An intermediate dialog box may open, requesting that you select the application with which to view the file.
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