Bio-Rad BioLogic Signal Import Module (SIM) - Manual (Page 114)

INTRODUCTION TO THE BROWSER SCREEN SYSTEM OPERATION
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• Icon colors in the database tree indicate the following:
Green: Currently open in the active window. The active window may be the online window or the
off-line window. For more detailed information about online and offline, refer to the discussion in
Section 7.4.2, Working Offline.
Red: Currently open in the window that is not active. This condition is displayed during off-line use: it
applies to the method and run data for the window that is not active (online or offline). Items with a
red check mark indicate that item is in the Move List or is marked for deletion.
Blue: Currently not open in the Online or Offline window.
• Bolded text in the database tree applies to the following:
Top level folders: Typically this applies to the USERS top level folder, which lists all Users in the
system. By selecting Browser Settings from the Options menu, you can use “Starting Browser
Selections” to display projects, methods, and runs on the top level of the tree hierarchy where they
will be bolded.
Summary information: The total number of methods are listed for each user, and the total number of
runs are provided for each user project folder. You cannot delete summary information.
Browser screen controls and information
• Browser toolbar: Located down the left side of the screen, controls the different Browser functions.
They are discussed in greater detail on the following page.
• Name and Date bars: Toggle buttons located across the top of the database tree that allow you to
sort the tree alphabetically or chronologically. For example, you can click on the Name button to sort
from a to z, and then click again to sort from z to a. If you click on the Date button to sort from the
latest listing, then clicking again sorts from the earliest listing.
• Browser Tabs and Browser Tab window: The Browser tabs at the bottom of the Browser screen
controls the information to be displayed in the Browser Tab window. The following tabs are available:
Information tab: Displays two panels in the Browser Tab window. The left panel shows details about
the specific item selected; the right panel displays a chromatogram when a run is selected.
MOVE List tab: Displays the list of all items selected using the Move button to be moved from one
place to another in the database list. Items selected to be moved are indicated by a red checkmark
in the database tree. Projects can be moved from one user to another; methods can be moved from
one project to another. When a project is moved, it takes all methods and runs associated with it;
when a method is moved, it takes all runs associated with it. The procedure for moving an item is on
page 6-5.
Queue tab: Displays the methods in the Browser that have been placed in a Queue. The sequence
of methods in a queue can be changed by dragging and dropping. Refer to Section 6.3 for running a
queued method.
Compare tab: Displays the runs selected or highlighted in the Browser for comparison. Refer to
Section 6.4, for running Trace Compare.
COPYIN List tab: Displays the list of all items selected to be copied in (restored) to the database
from an archived data file or disk. The procedure for copying in items is discussed on page 6-4.
Error List tab: Displays setup discrepancies that exist between methods in a Queue. These
discrepancies must be corrected to run the queue.