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table in the above image is a child of the Summary
table. There are many wells which are summarized
(with various statistics) in the Summary table.
Child Tables always contain at least one field which
is identical to a field with the same name in the
Parent table. This field is the grouping field. This
field allows the user to indicate to the application
which data in the wells table belongs to the
corresponding row in the parent table (e.g. Plate
ID).
Summary Tables
Summary tables in BioAssay are used to summarize
data for a single protocol. Calculations in the
standard data tables are usually based on grouped
data. That is data for an individual plate or run.
Taking averages and standard deviations of data in
more then one plate or run helps to visualize the
overall picture.
Summary tables contain one grouping field in
addition to calculation fields. The grouping field
indicates which data should be used in a calculation.
For example, if the compound ID is used as the
grouping field, calculations are made for each
compound ID. Without the grouping field,
calculations would be based on all valid data
recorded for the protocol.
fields and these tables allow the user to enter
additional data which is mapped to the protocol but
does not belong in any other fields.
File Import Templates
BioAssay includes a wizard which aides in designing
templates called File Import Templates. These
templates define how data should be imported into
tables. The advantage of creating a template is to
indicate the format of a data file once, and not have
to enter the same information when using a file
with the same format again.
File Import Templates tell the system the format of
the file (i.e. what kind of delimiter is used, if there
are header lines in the file) as well as where to put
the data, once it is imported, in the protocol data
tables of the protocol. A File Import Template must
be defined for any file being imported.
For more information about using the File Import
Template wizard, please see “File Import
Templates” on page 125. For more information
about importing data, using a defined File Import
Template, please see“Importing Data” on page 128.
Additional Tables
Additional tables are tables which contain data
related, but not linked, to the rest of the data in the
protocol. These tables can contain any number of
Graph Templates
Graph templates are used to plot data. After a graph
template is made, you can plot data by right-clicking
on the data and choosing the graph template.
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