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  1. Click the Protocols caNanoLab menu option. On the Manage Protocols page, click Create a New Protocol. This opens the Create Protocol page.

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  2. The following table lists and describes the fields on the Create Protocol page. Enter and select the appropriate information as needed. Items with an asterisk are required.

    NameDescription

    Protocol Type*

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    Protocol Name*

    Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.

    Protocol Abbreviation

    Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.

    Protocol Version

    Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.

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    Enter File URL

    Click the Browse button to navigate to the protocol to be associated with the protocol, or enter the URL where the protocol is located.

    File Title

    Enter the title of the protocol file.

    Description

    Enter any additional description information that the form does not include.

    Access to the ProtocolFor more information, see Sharing a Protocol with a User or Group or Making the Protocol Public.

    To clear the entries and start again, click Reset

  3. When you finish defining the protocol, click Save.

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    Once you save a protocol, it is listed on the My Workspace page where you can manage all of your submitted protocols, and view any protocols that a user has shared with you.

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Searching Existing Protocols

You can access this page after logging into caNanoLab or you can access publicly-available sample protocols from the public home page.

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  1. Click the Protocols menu.
    The Manage Protocols page displays.

  2. Click Search Existing Protocols in the Sample Links panel.

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    When defining search criteria, there are no required fields. You can add only those parameters that you consider essential to the search. If you do not define any search criteria, all the protocols will be found.

    The Protocol Search page displays.

  3. The following table lists and describes the fields. Enter text or select criteria as appropriate.

    NameDescription

    Protocol Type

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    Protocol type

    Protocol Name

    Enter a partial or complete name of the protocol. Select Contains (for partial text) or Equals (for an exact search) from the dropdown list.

    Protocol Abbreviation

    Enter a partial or complete name of an abbreviation assigned to the protocol.

    Protocol File Title

    Enter the name of the protocol file title.

     

    To clear the values and start again, click Reset to clear the search criteria.

  4. Click Search to launch the search.

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The following table lists and describes each column of the search results.

Sample Search Results ColumnsDescription
Action

Click View in the first column to display the protocol in a PDF file.

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Edit is only available for people that have an account and are logged into the system and are associated with the protocol.

Click + Add to Favorites to add a bookmark for the protocol on your My Favorites tab. Added to Favorites 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 the <protocol name> has already been added to your favorites message.

Protocol Type

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Protocol type

Protocol Name

Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.

Protocol Version

Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.

Protocol Abbreviation

Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.

Protocol File

The Title and Description of the protocol are listed. Click View to download the protocol file.

The column is empty when there is no protocol file associated with the Protocol.

Created DateIndicates the date on which the protocol was added.

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Editing a Protocol

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The following table lists and describes the fields. An asterisk indicates a required field. Click Update when you are done editing the Protocol. To disregard the changes, click Reset.

Update SampleDescription

Protocol Type*

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Protocol type
Protocol type

Protocol Name*

Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol name.

Protocol Abbreviation

Enter a shortened phrase used in place of the protocol name.

Protocol Version

Enter or select from the drop-down list the protocol version number.

Upload
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Enter File URL

Click Browse to navigate to the protocol to be associated with the protocol, or enter the URL where the protocol is located.

File TitleThe title of the protocol file.
Description

Enter any additional description information that the form does not include.

Access to the ProtocolFor more information, see Sharing a Protocol with a User or Group or Making the Protocol Public.

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Deleting a Protocol

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