1. Navigate to the Tests window.
2. Enter a Test code for the test. For example, CHLORIDE. Required.
3. Enter a Description for this test code. For example, Chloride in mEq/L. Required.
4. Enter the Class code for this test data type. A description of the test class displays in the unlabeled field.
5. Ordering is the sequence of the test as it appears in a test group. Refer to "Setting Up Test Groups" for detailed information.
6. Enter the test Method. For example, Ion-Specific Electrode. Test Method entry is described in the "Entering Test Methods" topic. Required.
7. Select one of the following as test DataType:
• Non-Validated if you do not want test results to cause the item or lot to be rejected. Enter a test code and description. Test results are recorded for future evaluation against the test value. Test results from this test data type do not cause an item or lot to be rejected. Non-validated results do not prevent a step from completing.
• Numeric Range if you want an item or lot falling outside a specified range to be rejected. Enter a test code, description, and range of possible values.
• List of Test Values if you want an item or lot to match an entry in a specific list of values. Enter a test code, description, and a list of valid test values for the test.
• Text Range if you want an item or lot to match an entry in an ordered list, and a particular specification to restrict the acceptable entries to a subset of the list by specifying the limits of the subset. Enter a test code, description, and a list of valid values. The entries you make are sequenced automatically.
• Numeric Range with Display Text if you want subsets of a numeric range to display text values. Enter a test code, description, subranges, and
corresponding text values. Make the range open-ended by not making an entry in the minimum of the first subrange or the maximum of the last subrange.
• Expression if you want to enter a mathematical expression for calculation of test results. Only those tests with numeric data types can be referenced. These are Numeric Range and Numeric Range with Display Text. For example, to calculate density, you define tests for mass and volume, since density equals mass divided by volume.
Required.
Depending on selection of test data type, the remaining fields on the window vary. For example, if you select Numeric Range, then the Range fields are editable. If you select List of Specifications, then the Value and Description fields are editable.
8. Enter the test Unit code for the test. For example, enter mEq for milliequivalents.
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The description of the unit displays. Required for all test data types except Non-Validated.
9. Enter the test Priority as Low, Normal, or High. Test priority determines the order a test displays on a worklist. Test priority is defined initially at the Test level. It can be overridden at the Specification level. A System Administrator can add to the seeded list of values for test priority using the lookup functionality.
10. Replicate displays the number of test replicates for this test. It defaults from the value entered on the Test Methods window. Enter this field if you have not defined a test method for this test.
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11. Enter the fields as described for the test data type selected:
• For a Non-Validated test data type, you cannot enter data in this panel.
• For a Numeric Range test data type, enter the lower limit of the Range in the first field. Enter the upper limit of the range in the next field. You define the target value in the specification. For example, pH has a test range of 0 to 14, but an item could have a pH specification range of 4.2 to 6.7. The Seq field displays the sequence number of each value listed.
• For a List of Test Values test data type, enter each possible Value required for item or lot characteristic state. Define the target value in the specification. Enter one value and description per line. For example, the value list could include RED, BLUE, and CLEAR, but an item could have a value specification of RED.
The Seq field displays the sequence number of each value listed.
• For a Text Range test data type, enter a Value and text Description. Enter values in the order you want. The text description represents the text to assign to each of the sequenced values. The Seq field displays the sequence number of each value listed.
• For a Numeric Range with Display Text test data type:
Enter the minimum value for the interval in the Min field. Leave the first Min field blank for an open-ended test range. This field is automatically entered for each interval in the range after the first subrange. Required if it is not the first subrange.
Enter the maximum value for the interval in the Max field. When you enter a maximum value and tab to the next field, the Min field automatically displays the next Min value. Leave the last Max field blank for an open-ended test range.
Required if it is not the last subrange.
Enter the text to Display when a test value is within the interval specified by the minimum and maximum values entered for the row.
The Seq field displays the sequence number of each value listed.
• For Expression test data types:
Enter the expression in the Expression field. Refer to the "Understanding Test Data Types" topic for guidance on entering an expression. To enter a test to reference in the expression, click Test and select the test code from the LOV.
The test displays with double-quotation marks around it. Enter the appropriate arithmetic and mathematical operators outside the double quotation marks.
Enter any SQL-compatible expression.
For example, to take the cube root of a test named EXAMPLE, click Test, select
"EXAMPLE". Enter the following mathematical operators:
POWER("EXAMPLE",(1/3)).
12. Enter the Stored Precision as the number of decimals stored and displayed for this test. The default value is entered on the Test Methods window. Required if the test entered is a Numeric Range, Numeric Range with Display Text, or an Expression type test.
13. Enter the Report Precision as the number of decimals to report on the Certificate of Analysis for this test. Values entered on the Customer Display window for a particular test override this information. The precision entered must be less than or equal to the value entered in the Display Decimal Precision field. Required if the test entered is a Numeric Range, Numeric Range with Display Text, or an
Expression type test.
14. For Numeric Range, Numeric Range with Display Text, and Expressiontest data types to click Experimental Error to display the Experimental Error window.
Define an experimental error region that is calculated from either a percentage of the entire test range, or from a number representing the tolerance around the specification minimum or maximum. Values entered default to the test when it is added to a specification.
15. Click Customer Display to display the Customer Display window where you can enter an optional customized set of test-specific information used to run a report on this test for specific customers.
16. Save the window.