Welcome to LabKey Sample Manager

Video overviews and demos will help you get started. Each will open in a new tab:

• See how Sample Manager can level-up your lab work.
• Getting started with Sample Manager

The documentation linked below will help you get started as an administrator using LabKey Sample Manager for sample tracking. First, complete the tutorial to learn to add sample information, define assays, and create the workflow processes you will follow. When you first create a LabKey Sample Manager project, it will be empty, so these topics are designed to populate each area of the application with a few tutorial examples.

Tutorial

• Tutorial: Learn Sample Manager

Configure Freezers and Other Storage

Matching your physical storage to virtual storage locations in the app can make it easy to know where to find the samples you need.

• Storage Management

Add Sample Inventories

Getting your sample information loaded is the heart of using Sample Manager. Define the structure of the data to describe each "type" of sample in your system. Once the types are defined, the samples can be created within the application or imported from a spreadsheet.

• Create a Sample Type
• Add Samples
• Import Samples from File
• Import Samples with Storage Locations
• Import Samples with Lineage

Associate Sources

If your samples have physical or biological sources that you want to track, you can learn about adding them and associating them with samples in these topics:

• Create Sources
• Associate Samples with Sources

Define Assays (Premium Feature)

The data you obtain from running instrument tests on your samples will be uploaded as an assay to LabKey Sample Manager. These topics will guide you in designing assays and uploading your data.

• Describe Assay Data Structure
• Import Assay Data

Outline Workflow (Premium Feature)

Your laboratory workflow can be managed by creating workflow jobs for the sequences of tasks your team performs. Add your users, set permissions, and organize your jobs and templates following these topics:

• Add Users and Set Permissions
• Create a First Job
• Complete the First Job

Use Electronic Lab Notebooks (Premium Feature)

Collaborate and record your work in data-connected Electronic Lab Notebooks. Use templates to create many similar notebooks, and manage individual notebooks through a review and signing process.

Learn more in this section:

• Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)