Sample Naming Conventions and Replaceable Parameters

The naming convention for the sample plan at run time consists of replaceable parameters enclosed in square braces and/or literal text.

An example sample naming format is:

[SamplePlanName][YYYY][MM][DD][####]

where

• [YYYY][MM][DD] represents the date

• [####] represents the unique ordinal number, when the rest of the name (except the date) is the same

• The SamplePlanName is taken from the plan_id field in the database.

The available database fields that can be referenced are:

plan_name

Specifies the name of the sample plan that is used for collecting samples.

ent_ name

Specifies the entity at which samples are being collected.

wo_id

Specifies the work order of the job for which samples are being collected.

oper_id

Specifies the operation for which samples are being collected.

seq_no

Specifies the sequence number of the job for which samples are being collected.

segment_requirement_id

Specifies the segment requirement of the samples collected.

segment_response_id

Specifies the segment response of the samples collected.

item_id

Specifies the item to which the samples collected are assigned.

char_name

Specifies the characteristic of a QM specification to which the sample plan is associated. If there are more than one characteristic linked to the sample, only the first characteristic in the sample is used.

qm_spec_name

Specifies a QM specification associated with the sample plan.

freq_name

Specifies a frequency that is linked to the sample plan.