Creating and managing experiment IDs

You must have VWorks administrator or technician privileges to create experiments.

Creating an experiment ID

To create an experiment ID:

1 In the navigation pane of an app or utility, click Experiments Editor. The Experiments Editor window opens.

2 In the Experiments Editor window, click Create.

3 In the Create New Experiment dialog box that opens:

a Type a name in the Experiment ID box.

b In the Experiment Description box, type a description for this experiment.

c Click OK.

Note: The software assigns each experiment ID a hidden unique identifier (GUID).

4 In the Experiments Editor window, notice the following:

• The new experiment ID appears in the Experiment ID table.

• The Status column displays

– Not yet used for any experiment IDs that have not been associated with any protocol runs.

– Open if the experiment has had data added to it from at least one application run.

– Closed for any closed experiment IDs only if the Show closed experiments check box is selected.

• The Experiment Description box displays the comments for the selected experiment ID.

Editing descriptions for an experiment ID

You may edit the descriptions of experiment IDs that have the Not Yet Used or Open status. Closed experiment IDs cannot be edited.

Compliance-enabled editions. You may only edit the description of an experiment ID that has the Not Yet Used status.

To edit the description for an experiment ID:

1 In the Experiments Editor window, select the Experiment ID, and then click Edit description.

2 In the Edit Description dialog box, type or modify the description, and then click OK.

In the Experiments Editor window, select the experiment ID to view the corresponding description in the Experiment Description box.

Deleting an experiment ID

An administrator may delete an experiment ID if it has a Not Yet Used or Open status. Closed experiments cannot be deleted.

Compliance-enabled editions. Only an experiment ID with a Not Yet Used status can be deleted.

To delete an experiment ID:

1 In the Experiment Editor window, select the Experiment ID, and then click Delete.

2 In the confirmation message that appears, click Yes to delete this experiment ID.

The experiment ID no longer appears in the Experiment ID table.