The QRCode function has been developed to offer sample tracking capability. Ideally, the function could be used in combination with the Experimental Design wizard for planning experiments.

To call the function, go to utilities, then select Sample Tracking, then select generate QR codes for Study Samples.

As shown below, select the Study to be used. In our example, 2 studies are listed.

The action opens the following screen. Click the qrbuilder button.

The function reuses components already seen in the mapping function which allows to create a combination of information coming from fields in the study or assay spreadsheets with literals to form meaningful identifiers. The QRcode function allows up to 1024 character string to be coded.

Once this is done, Click on savecodes and choose a location on the filesystem to store the output of the function.

Once done with the selection of the fields to be used for creating the QRCode, it is possible to save and export those so they can be used to perform sample or tube tracking tasks.

The output of the QRcode function contains an html page which summarizes the experimental and sample information used to form the label. The html report links back to each QRcode, as can be seen below.

Sometimes, it is just faster to enter free text. However, it is always better to have some kind of semantic anchoring. To allow just that, we have teamed up with NCBO Bioportal team to provide a tagging facility embedded in ISACreator.

To call the function, go to utilities, then select Autotagging (beta).

The action opens the following screen.

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Once this is done, Click on savecodes and choose a location on the filesystem to store the output of the function.

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Once happy with the terms you wish to annotate your experiment with, click OK. The Service will now update all the records and save both Ontology source and identifiers.