4 Configuration
Setting up your LIMS. Only users with lab manager authorisation have access to the LIMS configuration. You won't have to come here regularly, most of the configuration is completed during initial implementation
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Setup Convention
How to create, edit, view and deactivate Bika configuration objects
Order of configuration
On fresh installations, follow this sequence to ensure everything stacks up
Global Settings. System Defaults
Main considerations before diving deeper
The Lab and its Contacts
Roles and contact information
ID Server
Format the object IDs generated by Bika
Samples and Sampling
Leading up to the Analysis Services the lab offers, all their dependents
Also see Audit logs
Extensive logging of changes and transitions of objects which are also versioned for database integrity purposes
Methods
Configure the Analytical Methods used in the your lab
Results Interpretation Templates
Use Interpretation templates for frequently used texts in styled text boxes for Sample view and COAs
Email Settings
Email notification and password resets will not work without this
Import setup data
Use Bika's online spreadsheets for bulk imports of setup data. Get configurations done swiftly
Migrating the LIMS Configuration
Between two equal servers
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In their own manual chapters, from here proceed to set up:
Instruments
Analysis Services
Calculations
Profiles
Specifications
Bika Configuration ERD
Top-level, layman's