Tests Management Section

Tests Management Section

HOW TO SET UP YOUR  TESTS in the TEST MANAGEMENT PAGE

This article describes the procedure on how to configure your instruments to be scheduled into Optima.

Define your Tests Groups

This section allows to define the different Test groups running in the Laboratory.

Tests can be associated to Tests groups for filtering and reporting purposes.

The different groups are defined during the implementation phase and only the system administrator can increase or change it.

 

 

Define your Tests Groups Matrix

In this section it is possible to associate tests to the test group it belongs to. This page gives the information related to which Test belongs to which Tests Group. Tests associated to test groups can be created, edited or cancelled. 




The system offers a wide range of actions that can be put in place by the user to generate interactive reports or specific views. To get to know more about the functionalities available and the reports and views that can be generated via the "Actions" menu items, go to "How to use the action menu" article.

Define your Tests Parameters

In this section all tests and the related test parameters, needed for a correct and thorough scheduling, are to be inserted. Tests can be created, edited, cancelled. 
The upper part of the screen shows the master data of the test, which are to be inserted in the first stage, when creating a test. The lower part of the screen shows the additional parameters of the tests - test kits, test steps. On the left hand side of the screen, the view shows the entire list of tests already created in the system. 
Click on a Test Name to access all details related to that test.



Click on Create button to create a new test and enter their correspondsing Master Data



Test name and Location: 
Are mandatory field 
Same instrument required / same employee required: 
These fields are to be filled with Y (yes) or N (no) depending on whether the various steps of a test must be performed by the same instrument /person or not.
If yes, the system will schedule the tasks, steps of the test, based on the availability of the only resource (instrument or person) as requested. 
Once created, the test itself can be modified by clicking on the edit icon.

Define your Test Steps

This sub-section in the test parameters allows the entry of all the test details 
Add every single  steps of the test by clicking on + button 
Once the steps are created they can be ordered from the Step Order column with the up and down arrows.





Some indications on how to fill in the fields.
Step name:
Give a name to the step that can be easily recognized by the entire organization - once scheduled, the steps will be seen in the calendar and in the reports as tasks, therefore it is key that they have a clear naming. 
Step description:
      Add a description for users' easiness - not a mandatory field
Standard time min:
      Indicate the duration of the performance of the step 
Adjusted time:
      NO when this is a total time irrespectively of total of samples
      YES when the standard time is to be multiplied by number of samples 
Gap (days): 
      Indicate the number of days that must elapse between the performance of one step and the next one.
Instrument Group ID 1:
      Indicate the instruments group needed to perform the step 
Employee Group ID 1:
      indicate the employee group to whom the step can be assigned
Group Logic:
      A second Instrument Group ID 2  and Employee Group ID 2 can be assigned and the logic for each of them can be defined as OR ( alternative if group ID 1 is not                   available)
      note: The AND option is not available for now

This sub-section in the test parameters allows the entry parameters values, numeric and text.
Add every single parameters of the test by clicking on + button 


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