Purpose	Top

A Sample Point can be used to identify a location, state, or position in the Sample handling or testing process.

In Sample Monitoring a Sample Point is the specific place from which Samples are collected. Events that occur within the Sample Point impact all parent Locations.

Add a Sample Point	Top

To create a Sample Point, navigate to Lab Admin → Process → Sample Points, or for Sample Monitoring, LIMS → Monitor Samples → Sample Points. The Sample Point list page opens. Here you can "Add" new or "Edit" existing Sample Points.

Optionally, choose to display Sample Points on a Map. Clicking the Map Icon switches to the Map view (click the List icon to return to the list view). See Map Interface for information about viewing Sample Points on a map.

Column	Description
Sample Point	Automatically generated identifier for the Sample Point.
Description	Description of the Sample Point.
Location Path	Sample Points are typically the lowest level of the Location Hierarchy. The Location Path identifies parent levels (Locations) of the Sample Point.
Label	Identifying Label for the Sample Point.
Instances	The number (count) of instances to be created for this Sample Point. This lets you create multiple instances of the same Sample Point. For example, you might wish to sample all chairs in a room (4), but would prefer to create only 1 "Chair" Sample Point. Specifying an instance count of 4 creates 4 instances of the Sample Point "Chair", all with the same scheduling rules. See Personnel Monitoring for information about using the Instance Count to monitor multiple people for a single Sample Point.
	Active Schedule Plan Items. Hovering over the icon indicates the number of active Schedule Plan Items for this Sample Point.
Excursion Count	Displays an Excursion icon with a count indicating the number of Excursions associated with this Sample Point. Meaning that one or more Samples within this Sample Point fall outside specified limits. See Excursions for more information.
Testing Lab Work Area	Indicates the Testing Lab or Work Area associated with the Sample Point. See Departments.

Click "Add". The Add Sample Point page opens.

Define general information about the Sample Point.

Upon saving, the detail tabs display.

In the Scheduling Tab, existing Schedules (using this Sample Point as a Source) are displayed. See Scheduler Interface for detailed information about managing Schedule Plans. 

Click "Add" to add a new Schedule Plan Item for this Sample Point or Add a new Schedule Plan using the "Add Plan" button. "Add Plan" opens the Add Schedule Plan page where you can define a new Schedule Plan. You can also edit associated Schedule Plans by selecting the Schedule Plan and clicking "Edit Plan", in which case the Edit Schedule Plan page displays where you can make changes.

This detail defines any Tests to be performed on Samples generated for this Location.

Tests are copied down from here (the Sample Point itself), or from Schedule Plan Items defined for this Sample Point. See the Scheduler Interface for more information. 

This detail defines any Specifications to be included on Samples generated for this Sample Point.

In Sample Monitoring, Specifications are used to determine whether or not an Excursion has occurred. If so, the Sample Point and all Locations above are flagged. An Excursion Count is visible throughout the Location Hierarchy for all parent Locations.

This is used with the WAP module. See WAP Resources.

Should you need to create a copy of a Sample Point "Deep Copy" allows you to choose whether or not to copy all Schedule Plan Items defined for the Sample Point.

View Scheduled Events	Top

From the Sample Point List page, select the Sample Point associated with Scheduled Events you would like to view and click "Events". All Events with Source as the selected Sample Point are shown. See Scheduler Views for more information about viewing and managing Scheduled Events.