Analyst Software Reference Guide - AB Sciex

Terms and ConceptsIDA ExplorerThe IDA (Information Dependent Acquisition) Explorer is used to display data acquired throughan IDA method.The IDA Explorer can be turned off and on by going to the IDA Explorer tab in the AppearanceOptions dialog. Columns present in the List View can be defined under this tab as well.The left side of the viewer shown in Figure 1-3 displays the masses on which a product ion scanwas performed. In this area, you can examine the mass, intensity, time, and collision energy ofions on which product ion scans were performed. You can view these in either a list view or a treeview. In list view, the list can be sorted by double-clicking on any column header. In theAppearance Options dialog, you can customize the columns you want to view in the list view.On the right side, the viewer is split into four panes. The top left pane displays the survey TICdata. The bottom left pane shows the XIC of the mass. The top and bottom right panes show thesurvey and product scans, respectively.The IDA viewer lists all the masses on which Enhanced Product Ion scans or EnhancedResolution scans were performed. Click a mass in the list or tree view to display plots relevant tothat mass. You can view the survey spectrum from which the mass was identified and the productspectrum of that mass. It also displays the TIC of the survey scan and the XIC for each mass.Note: Brackets around a mass indicate that the mass is merged. A merged mass iscontiguous across a number of cycles. When a merged mass is displayed, it indicatesan averaged spectrum, containing the average of all contiguous spectra.Figure 1-3 IDA Viewer18 Release Date: August 2011