Note: This page describes the general PIMS view pages. The following types of
record have custom views - click on the name to see help on viewing that record type:
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Guide to using PIMS.Navigation
To see all of the information for a PIMS record you need to navigate to a the record's view page.
This is displayed when you:
-save a data input form or
-click the record's magnifying glass icon
in a search results table.
A standard PIMS View page consists of 3 main areas which contain:- The Specific details for the record
- Details of any other records which you have associated with the record
- Links for creating additional associations
Specific details
The specific details for the record are the information entered in the mandatory and optional data fields when the record was created. They are found in a box at the top of the page labelled "Details".
This box has a horizontal bar containing several links.
These can include:
Diagram a graphical representation of the relationships between certain PiMS records such as Samples, Experiment and Targets
-see Experiment graph for an example.
Delete to delete the record.
-see also Deleting a PIMS record.
Create new to create a new record of the same type.
-note: you will only see the Edit, Delete and Create new links if you have permission to update the record.
Search to search for records of the same type.
List all to see a list of all records of the same type.
Details for associated records
Other information associated with the .....
- Under this heading you will find details of any records which have been
associated with the specific record.
These are delineated in horizontal bands.
-in this example 'Protocols:' and 'Experiments:' have been associated with the Experiment type record. - For each type of associated record there are links in a horizontal bar:
These include links to:
Add new to associate new records of the same type
Search/Add to add and remove existing associated records - The amount of information displayed for all associated records can be
increased by clicking the plus
icon
or decreased by clicking the minus
icon.
- By default, all associated records are displayed in the less detailed
view. - You can also view the details of the individual associated records.
If only one record is listed click View, in the horizontal bar.
If there are multiple records, they will be displayed in a table when you click the
icon.
Then click the magnifying glass
icon in the appropriate table row.
- Under this heading you will find details of any records which have been
associated with the specific record.
Associating additional records
At the bottom of the page, under the heading:Associate other records with this .....
there are links Add new ... and Search/Add ... for associating (and removing) additional types of records.
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