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Overview Functional Areas Accessibility ASL Storage Rule and Validation Extensions

 

Functional Areas

Advanced Storage and Logistics (ASL) is a centralized material tracking system. It is structured into five functional areas that provide these capabilities:

Functional Area	Description
Base Storage	ASL uses the standard OOB Base Storage functionality, which lets you: • Create hierarchical Storage Locations and store SDIs in them. • Use Trackable Items to track the stored SDIs.
Package Shipment Management	Packages are the basis for ASL Shipment Management functionality. The LIMS → Packages & CDTs tramline (see Accessibility below) contain facilities to ship and track Packages.
TISM Pages	TISM pages are used to pack/unpack Packages, and file Trackable Items into Storage Units.
Freeze-Thaw Tracking	Counts the number of times a Trackable Item has undergone a Freeze-Thaw cycle (see Freeze-Thaw Tracking in Trackable Items).
Rule Extensions	ASL Storage Rule and Validation Extensions extend the Base Storage Rules and Validations to validate movements of Trackable Items and Storage Locations. Functionality is provided by a set of SDC Rules specially configured to monitor ASL.

Accessibility

Base Storage functionality is accessible from these points in the Sitemap:

LIMS → Storage	→ Storage Locations
	→ Container Types
	→ Environments
	→ Physical Stores
	→ Boxes
	→ Trackable Items
Lab Admin → Storage	→ Storage Locations
	→ Containers
	→ Environments

ASL functionality extends Base Storage to add these points in the Sitemap:

LIMS → Certifications & Resources	→ Custodial Departments
LIMS → Storage	→Track Item Management (see the TISM page)
	→ Plates
	See Package Overview for an introduction to the functionality below:
LIMS → Packages	→ Add Package for Shipment
	→ Add Expected Package
	→ Packages
	→ Proxy Packages
	→ Shipping Locations

 

 

ASL Storage Rule and Validation Extensions	Top

These are extensions that ASL adds to the Rules for Base Storage:

Storage Location Rule Extensions

Rule	Description
StorageUnitMoveRule	Prevents non-moveable Storage Units from being moved.
ConnectByLoopRule	Prevents a parent and child Storage Unit from having the same identifier, which would cause a loop in the Storage Unit hierarchy.
StorageUnitValidChildrenRule	Ensures that child Storage Units are in the list of valid child Storage Unit Types.

Trackable Item Rule Extensions

Rule	Description
MaxTIAllowedRule	Ensures that no more than the maximum allowed Trackable Items point to the current Storage Unit.
TrackItemLinkedSDIRule	Synchronizes the parent Storage Unit if a Trackable Item is also a Storage Unit.

Package Rule Extensions

Rule	Description
PackageCanReceiveSampleRule	Ensures that only properly configured users can add Samples to a Package.
PackageCDRule	Ensures that Packages belog to the correct Custodial Departments.

Box Rule Extensions

Rule	Description
BoxDisposeRule	Ensures that a Box is empty and is in the custody of the user who is disposing of it.
BoxReservationFlushRule	Clears all reservations in a Box when its Custodian changes.

Miscellaneous Rule Extensions

Rule	Description
BoxStateRule	Ensures the correct state of a Box.
PlateStateRule	Ensures the correct state of a Plate.