Exporting analysis data, Keystrokes for selecting data for printing – Cannon Instrument miniAV-X User Manual

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CANNON

®

miniAV-X Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO

®

Instruction & Operation Manual

Version 1.0b— March, 2012;

CANNON

®

Instrument Company

2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA

Keystrokes for selecting data for printing

You can print data for a selected sample or samples from an on-screen
analysis by highlighting the desired sample data and then using the

Print

option from the VISCPRO

®

Main Menu

.

To select data for a single sample, click on the line of data associated
with the sample on the screen display. To print a sequential range of
samples, highlight the first sample in the range, then hold down the
S key and click on the last sample in the range. To individually
select test data from the on-screen list box for printing, hold down the
C key while clicking on each desired entry.

When all desired data has been selected, click on

Print

from the

Main

menu. Make certain that the

Selection

radio button

has been selected

from the

Print

range options. Then click

OK

to print to the selected

printer.

Exporting analysis data

The data export analyses included with the VISCPRO

®

software provide

a convenient method for outputting sample data to laboratory collection
systems or to an ASCII file.

There are three different data export analyses. For step-by-step instruc-
tions on exporting data from the VISCPRO

®

database, consult the manual

chapter on the specific analysis:

Error Data Export

—Chapter 11 (export of error information)

Sample Data Export

—Chapter 9 (export of sample information)

VI Data Export

—Chapter 10 (export of sample/VI information)

Once the data has been exported, it can be manipulated using database/
spreadsheet software packages such as Excel

®

, Access

®

or Quattro Pro

®

.

These packages provide additional tools for configuration of report data
for such functions as:

Statistical Process Control

Long-term Monitoring of Daily Check Standards

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