The Storage Manager, under Utilities, provides an overview of each single storage configured for the lab, by the lab admin.
- Select the storage containing the samples to visualise from the Storage drop down menu.
- Click on a box to view its content.
- When hovering with the mouse over a sample inside a box, the info about the sample is shown.
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Change storage position of samples
The Storage Manager can also be used to move samples from one storage position to another, if the location of the sample is changed:
- Click on Toggle Storage B (see figure above).
- Select the destination storage, from the Storage drop down menu.
- Drag and drop the box or sample to move from Storage A to the desired position in Storage B. Please note that the move operation for sample with multiple positions in the same box or in different boxes is not supported.
- Changes are visualised at the bottom of the page. To save them, click Save Changes on top of the Storage Manager form.