Adding a New Flagging Rule in the Analytics Workspace of Sciex OS Software

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Answer

To add a new flagging rule in the Analytics workspace of SCIEX OS software, follow these steps:
1.Open the Analytics workspace. Click Process Method and select New.
2. Select the Flagging Rules page and click Add Rule. Provide a Rule name (e.g., IS Recovery). The user can then select an option under the Flag a results column and Flagging criteria drop down menus.
3. In Step 1, define the values for the flagging criteria: 
(a) Select Standards, QC and Blanks, Select the option Ignore for the Treat N/A values as drop down menu.
(b) Type a value (e.g., 20) in the Value for all components field to signify the percentage difference from the mean to be flagged.



4. For Step 2, under the options for Apply the value to the sample types, chose Unknown. In this case, only the unknown samples should be flagged.



5. Click Accept changes and return to Flagging rules. The new rule (named IS Recovery in this case) should appear for user selection under the Flagging Rules.