This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a specimen repository, enabling the request system, creating a new specimen request, and tracking that request. The tutorial is divided into sections based on the role of the person performing those tasks:

• Administrator: the person who sets up and populates the repository itself.
• Specimen Repository Coordinator: the person who configures and administers the request system, if enabled.
• Users/Requesters: project users granted additional permission to request specimens.

Even if you will not be acting as the administrator or coordinator on a production server, you may find it instructive to read through or even complete these steps as an admin on your own trial server.

Tutorial Steps

• Step 1: Repository Setup (Admin)
• Step 2: Request System (Specimen Coordinator)
• Step 3: Request Specimens (User)
• Step 4: Track Requests (Specimen Coordinator)

First Step