Manage Storage Restrictions

Storage Restrictions allow you to define restrictions when placing trackitems into a Storage Unit. Two types of of Restrictions are considered:

•	Local, considered for a particular Storage Unit only.
•	Inherited from higher level Storage Units (parents). When defined, Inherited Restrictions are considerd in combination with local Restrictions.

The Manage Restrictions button displays on the Storage Locations, Physical Stores, Boxes and Plates maintenance pages. Click Manage Restrictions to display the Manage Storage Restrictions dialog.

The Storage Unit, Parent, Environment and Linked To tabs display information about the Storage Unit. See Storage Locations for a more details.

Local Restrictions

Using the Restrictions tab define local only restrictions for this Storage Unit. Click Add to add local restrictions.

Fields

Description

Based On

Restrictions can be based on any of the following:

Sample

To be used only when the trackitem is a Sample. Any column in the S_SAMPLE table can be used for validation.

Sample Family

To be used only when the trackitem is a Sample. Any column in the S_SAMPLEFAMILY table can be used for validation.

TrackItem

Any column in the TRACKITEM table can be used for validation.

Current User

Validates based on the current logged in user's properties. The following can be used when Validating any Trackitem:

User ID

Role

Department

JobType

Property

Define the property you want to restrict.

Operator

Choose any of the following:

Equals	The trackitem property must be equal to the property being validated.
Not Equal	The trackitem property must not be equal to the property being validated.
In	Multiple values can be given in a comma-delimited string (such as Value1,Value2). The trackitem property must be one of the given property value.
Not In	Multiple values can be given in a comma-delimited string (such as Value1,Value2). The trackitem property must not be any of the given property value.
Homogenous	If a storage unit is empty then it is ignored, otherwise the trackitem being filed must have the same property value as the trackitem already in the storage unit.

Property Value

The value to be considered.

Failure Message

The message displayed if the Trackitem is Restricted.

Active

When checked the Restriction is Active.

Add or Remove Restrictions using the Add and Remove buttons.

Inherited Restrictions

Inherited Storage restrictions are displayed in the Inherited Restrictions tab. Restrictions added to Parent Storage Units are honored by all Child Storage Units.

Hierarchy Example:

	Restriction Based On	Property	Operator	Value	Validation
Freezer
Shelf A	Sample	sampletypeid	Equals	Blood	Samples must be of Sample Type Blood
Rack A1 (Child of Shelf A)	Current User	User Id	Equals	Jim	Samples must be of Sample Type Blood, and only Jim is allowed to place Samples on this Rack.
Rack A2 (Child of Shelf A)					Samples must be of Sample Type Blood.
Shelf B	No Restrictions Defined
Rack B1 (Child of Shelf B)	Current User	Role	In	Lab User	Only user with role Lab User or Manager is allowed to place trackitems in this Rack.
Rack B2 (Child of Shelf B)

In the above example, Rack A1 has both local and inherited restrictions, Rack A2 only has inherited restrictions. Rack B1 has only local restrictions and B2 has no restrictions.