Selecting loggers will be required before the Get Data button will be enabled.
Choose the starting time from the available standard ranges (e.g. Last Day, Last Week, All Data, et. al.) if desired
If Select a Data / Time Range is chosen, manually set the date and time using the calender (and time display) that will appear.
If the To Newest check box is used, the data set will end with the most recent available data. If not checked, manually set the ending date and time using the calender (and time display) that will appear.
Once both loggers and a date / time range have been selected, click the Get Data button located in the top left corner. The data will be retrieved and may be inspected using the standard views.
The default display is a graph of the data. If an appropriate report template has been created, it can be selected from the Report Setup tab and printed or previewed using the upper right corner Print Report icons.
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Summary View Master Summary
The top grid show the statistical summary for each type of data within the entire group: The minimum, maximum and average values, the spread (max. minus min.), The total number of data points, and which logger had the maximum, which had the minimum, and when these occurred.
Logger Summary
The bottom grid show statistics for the individual channels of each logger: The displayed values are the same as for the master summary, and also include Run ID, data logging interval, calculation results (e.g.
final lethality Fo value or MKT average value) and factory calibration date.
Sub-Summaries
A subset of data is referred to as a Phase. The data associated with a phase can also be summarized independently. See Creating Phases for details.
User Comments: If data selection was via a study, the comment column in the logger summary grid shows any comments made when the logger was programmed or read. The comment can be edited (or a new one entered) by clicking on the comment column. Comments are stored in studies for each logger. If data access was not via a study, a new comment will not be saved (a study can be created for the data set using the Graph tools, and a comment subsequently assigned to a logger). Comments are not printed as part of the summary printout. They may be included in a report as part of the cover page)
The summary page may be printed or previewed using the Current View print icons located in the upper left corner.
The summary page may be included in a report (Report Setup > Item Selection > Data Summary)
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Data Grid View
The data grid displays the data time-stamp, values, row summaries and calculations according to the following options. Right click on the grid to see its options menu.
Row Data or Row Summary view
The View Data options is used to display the actual data values
The Row Summary options displays minimum, maximum average and spread of same type data at the given row time-stamp.
Data Exclusion by row or column
If a row or rows are selected, they can be hidden or excluded. Hidden rows are not included in summaries nor displayed on the graph.
If a column or columns (loggers) are selected, they may be excluded.
Excluded data is not deleted; it is data that will not be included in the current report data set. In order to recover excluded data, the user must use the data selection process again.
Temporarily hidden data may shown again using the Show All Rows menu item.
Data manipulations such as excluding rows or columns (loggers) are recorded in the report audit trail; this activity log should be included in reports intended to comply with 21 CFR Part 11 or similar regulations (Report Setup > Item Selection > Security Summary).
If there are defined phases, the phase name will appear adjacent to the time-stamp.
The numerical and date time formats of the displayed data are specified in Configuration Tools >
System Setup.
Data Deletion or Marking as Undesired
Data Deletion permanently deletes the selected rows, columns or individual cells from the database.
The Mark as undesired option tags the data so that it will no longer be normally available, but may still be viewed if the "Include Undesired data" option is used when first
accessing data.
Data deletion or marking is restricted to system administrators only
Data deletion using the grid or graph menu may be completely prohibited in the system setup, in which case the menu item will not be available. See Data Limits, Exceptions and Deletion Options for details.
All data deletion or marking events are logged in the audit trail. When used, an option is provided to enter a comment or explanation for the action.
Phase (Sub-Summary) control
The options menu contains many items to control phases. A phase is a defined time range within the data set upon which statistical summary, graphs or other data evaluations can be performed.
Phases may be nested (i.e. a unique phase can be declared without regard to the bound of any other phases).
Insert Phase: A phase (sub-summary for a report) may be defined by selecting rows and clicking this item.
A phase may be defined by selecting starting and ending rows.
Phases can be saved, and saved phases can be inserted into the data set.
Individual phases or all phases can be removed.
Phase Saving Options
When a phase is saved, the recorded data consists of the phase name, its duration and the elapsed time of the phase start relative to a reference time. The phase saving option defines what the reference time will be.
Elapsed Time: The reference time will be the start of the data. If for example, a phase has been declared that starts 17 minutes after the start of data, when the saved phase is inserted into a new and different data set, it will also begin 17 minutes after the time of the first data point.
Temperature Set Point: A temperature set point will be requested, and the reference time will be the first occurrence or transition across this temperature within the data. If for example, a phase has been declared that starts 3 minutes before the first time a 120° C is observed in the data, and 120° C is declared as the set point, when this saved phase is inserted into a new and different data set, it will also begin 3 minutes prior to the first occurrence of 120° C within the new data set. Note: the set point may be either a high or a low value (e.g. -15), directionality (> or < logic) is presumed relative to the very first data measurement.
Temperature Maximum: Similar to temperature set point, but the reference for elapsed time will be the time at which the maximum temperature was observed in the data set.
Temperature Minimum: same logic as temperature maximum.
Display of Calculations
Reset Lethality: Use this if it is desired to reset the lethality calculation back to zero (e.g.
if the data set contains two or more distinct autoclave cycles). Click on a data row, and then this item. Accumulated Lethality will begin at zero starting at the time of the clicked data point. The Remove Lethality Reset item disables the reset point. This functionality is also available within the graph control menu.
Reference Logger(s): If calculations are enabled which require a specific logger be selected as a reference, the menu will contain an item for this selection when an entire column (specific to one logger) has been selected.
Enable / Disable calculation: Allows for calculations normally applied to all loggers of the same data type to be disabled or enabled on an individual logger basis. The menu item for this is available only when an entire column (specific to one logger) has been selected.
Calculations can be printed on separate pages if desired (Report Setup > Report Manager >
Advanced Preferences).
Miscellaneous
Increase Interval: Allows the interval to be reduced for the selected rows (similar to the Increase Interval menu item in the graph.
Time Sliding: Available only when data was accessed in elapsed time mode; allows data within a column to be shifted up or down in time.