Output

Having chosen the cuts and properties you wish to be available in the output PIMS file, the property/cut combinations to be output need to be selected. By default, the product intelligently configures the range of properties and cuts to be output. If a measurement is valid for a cut type, Assay will set the corresponding output to active; otherwise, Assay will set the output to disabled.

Although Assay intelligently configures the cut/property combinations to be output, you can explicitly configure these if you wish by managing the behaviour of the tristate check boxes using either the matrix toolbar located at the bottom of the output matrix, by configuring individual property and stream combinations, or by using the right-click context menu. The action of the tristate check boxes and the facilities for managing them are both described below.

Tristate check boxes

The tristate check boxes allow the following three options:

• Show: The checked item will be present in any output PIMS report generated using the template.

• Comment: The starred item will be present in any output PIMS report generated using the template, but the line will be commented out by using a convention of placing an asterisk (*) character in front of the row name.

• Hide: The cleared item will not be present in any output PIMS report generated using the template.

Output matrix toolbar

The following options are provided on the output matrix toolbar:

• l Set all cells in the selected columns to . The items in the selected columns will be present in any output report generated using the template.

• Set all cells in the selected rows to . The items in the selected rows will be present in any output report generated using the template.

• Set all cells in the selected columns to . The items in the selected columns will be present in any output report generated using the template, but will be commented out.

• Set all cells in the selected rows to . The items in the selected rows will be present in any output report generated using the template, but will be commented out.

• Set all cells in the selected columns to . The items in the selected columns will not be output in any report generated using the template.

• Set all cells in the selected rows to . The items in the selected rows will not be output in any report generated using the template.

Context menu

A right-click context menu is also available to manage the matrix of template outputs. The context menu offers the following options:

• Transpose: The rows and columns are swapped.

• Show All, Comment All and Hide All: Tick all check boxes (), comment all check boxes () and clear all check boxes () in the output matrix respectively.

• Enable all outputs for selected cut, Comment all outputs for selected cut and Disable all outputs for selected cut: Select all check boxes (), comment all check boxes () and clear all check boxes () for the selected cuts in the output matrix.

• Enable all outputs for selected property, Comment all outputs for selected property and Disable all outputs for selected property: Select all check boxes (), comment all check boxes () and clear all check boxes () for the selected properties in the output matrix.

• Copy and Paste: Copy and paste the selected area of the matrix respectively.

When you have completed setting up the output use the tabs at the top of the Editor to move to the next section.