The sample timeline can play an important role in tracking chain of custody for samples and complying with good laboratory practices. A sample timeline can help you answer questions like:
To see the sample timeline, click the name of the sample in any grid where it is listed. You can find it on the grid for the Sample Type, access it from any assay data uploaded for it, or find it listed for a workflow job.
Click the Timeline tab along the top row. You will see all events for that specific sample.
Shown here, a sample was created (registered), it was added to a job, assay data was loaded for it, and then it was updated. The update Event Details show that there were changes to two Sources for the sample.
The Current Status section in the upper right includes summary details like where the sample is now, who was the last to handle it (and when) and active status values.
Sample status, storage status, and job status of samples are highlighted with color coded indicators:
Click any event on the timeline to see the Event Details in a panel on the lower right. For example, when the event is "Sample was updated," the details section will say when and by whom.
By default, the timeline will Show Oldest first. Use the dropdown at the top to switch to Recent first instead.
When the list of timeline events is long, it can be helpful to filter for events of interest. Click Show filters above the listing to open the filters panel (the link will now read "Hide filters").
Use checkboxes to filter events to show any combination of:
Click the (Export) button to download the timeline as an Excel file. The exported file will include:
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