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Specimen Requests jdutra  2011-07-28 07:28
Status: Closed
 
If I go to create a specimen request using the following sequence:

- Create new Request under Specimens
- Create and View Details
- Specimen Search
- select the specimens I want by clicking on the checkbox for each row
- Choose "Add to existing request" from the Request options menu at the top

The request that comes up by default in the "Request Vial" screen may or may not be the one I just created. If I'm not paying close attention, it's easy to add my specimens to the wrong request. Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way? But it seems to me that when I follow this sequence, where I have just created a request and said I'd like to add specimens to it, the request that shows up by default should be the one I just created.

Thanks for any help,
- Jen
 
 
eknelson responded:  2011-07-28 12:22
Hi Jen,

Thanks for reporting this bug. I consulted with Britt (our specimen expert) and opened:
https://www.labkey.org/issues/home/Developer/issues/details.view?issueId=12738

In summary:

Today's behavior:
The request you have chosen most recently in the "Request Vial" popup is provided as the default request when you next reach the "Request Vial" popup (i.e., when you select a vial and click "Request Options -> Add to existing request"). This pattern is tracked on a per-user basis.

Desired behavior:
When you create a new request, LabKey should show this new request as the default request in the "Request Vials" popup. This behavior should persist until you select a different request in a "Request Vials" popup, or until you create a new request. At that point, the newly chosen or created request should become the default. This pattern should also be tracked on a per-user basis.

Regards,
Elizabeth
 
jdutra responded:  2011-07-28 12:32
That sounds perfect. Thanks!