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Freezer Rack Configurations dahlstromew  2022-08-12 09:13
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Hi,
Is it possible to configure rack partitions?
For example;
Shelf01-->Rack01-->Partition01-->Plates
Partition02-->Plates
Partition03-->Plates
etc..

I do not see any partition configure racks as a storage unit.

The reason I ask is that we have various racks with different numbers of partitions, and in our case, we store up to 25 plates per partition. If I just configure rack01-->plates, there could be more than 100 plates, which isn't very clean to look at in the freezer view.
Also, our partitions are divided by projects and researchers, so that would be lost in the freezer configuration.

Thanks
 
 
mohara responded:  2022-08-12 10:15

Certainly. You can nest arbitrary levels of the "non-terminal" storage types, i.e. the storage that can't directly contain samples like shelves and racks; you can also name them however suits your storage system and add labels to guide users.

For example, to configure your example, you could put 3 "Racks" within each Rack, then name the nested ones "Partition01", etc. Then you can use the "Label" field for each partition to include the name of the project and researcher. Add as many plates as each partition needs (only one shown in the image for simplicity). Then when users are navigating the freezer system to find or store samples, they will see the details you included. The attached image shows your example in practice.

Learn more about configuring freezers in the Sample Manager documentation here.

--Molly
 
dahlstromew responded:  2022-08-12 10:40

Great, I thought this might be the case, but didn't think using a rack to partition a rack would work.
Thanks!