JRSO—LIMS Viewer (LIVE) User Guide
Introduction
LIMS Viewer (LIVE) is a Web-based application that allows users to retrieve sample information and analytical data from the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) database and display them in a graphical format. This tool is a replacement for the LIMSPeak viewer, as the technology behind the old program could no longer be supported.
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Note: These values are "sticky," meaning that they will remain as selected until changed by the user or the browser is refreshed. This allows the user to change query parameters and re-query using the same sample and/or data filters.
Figure 1. LIVE main screen. Black outline = title bar area; green = template selector area; blue = query filter area; orange = post-query filter area.
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- Select a template from the pull-down list.
- Select at least a site and hole; expedition is an optional field.
- To see data for the entire selected hole, click View Data (circled in Fig. 2).
- After a brief pause, the data will display with depth columns and recovery panel, along with image, data, sample, or lithology panels specified in that template.
Figure 2. LIVE main screen initial view; note that Template, Site, and Hole are required fields.
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- Data may be filtered by sample type, shipboard test code, and/or by sample name.
- To select data filters, click the Data filters button to open the data filters window and make the desired selections for Sample type and/or Test code and/or type in a Sample name.
- Click Apply to apply the changes to the graphic panels or Cancel to abort. Applied filters will be listed below the Data filters button in the post-query filter area.
- To clear all selected data filters, click Clear filters then Apply. The list of filters under the Data filters button will disappear and graphic panels will revert to the original query parameters.
Figure 3. Data filter window.
Sample Filters
Sample filters apply only to sample panels (Figure 4).
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The left-most panel in the data area shows the depth columns, divided into two areas as shown in Figure 5. Left: The darker-shaded area in the first column is the depth navigation bar, which always shows the top and bottom depths of the full query data range. The lighter-shaded right-hand depth column displays the depth range currently displayed. The depth navigation bar can be scrolled to zoom in or out, dragged up or down the full depth rage of the query, or expanded and contracted using the triangular "handle" areas. Scrolling using the mouse wheel on a data panel will also zoom the depth selected with the depth navigation bar. Right: The depth control is "zoomed in" to view from 4 m to about 35 m depth.
Figure 5. Depth columns and depth navigation bar (shaded area in first column).
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Figure 17. Template builder "New" screen.
Template Builder fields and controls
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Include enough information so users can tell what is in the template, for example:
LSIMG_COUL_RGB_RSC-L L MS_MSP MSP GRA_MAD MAD PWLPWL_PWB_PWC (or maybe PWAVE_ALL) 349_LITH_WRND-GRA_NGR_RSC
Alternatively, templates used for routine QA/QC can be named for their function, for example:
BOX TIME TIME LITHOLOGY LITHOLOGY 362 READY READY TO SPLIT SPLIT WHOLEWHOLE-ROUND DATA DATA MICRO MICRO IMAGES ALL
Editing an Existing Template
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