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About Lab Concrete
MetaField supports the following concrete work flow.
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Purpose
The lab work queues are used to manage the progression of concrete / grout / mortar specimens through a general lab workflow through the use of various queues.
Work Queues
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| To Receive | - Specimens are logged and checked-in via the Field component, but have not yet been “Received” by the lab.
- By default, specimens are sorted by Sample # and then by Set # - Spec #. You can change the sort order by selecting most of the column headings.
- Lab user must “Receive” Specimens in the Lab to confirm delivery and initiate the Lab testing process.
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| - Select the To Receive queue.
- Set filters to return desired specimens.
- Select each Specimen to be received (using checkboxes).
- Select Receive Specimens button.
- You will be prompted to print a label for each specimen.
Selecting OK to print labels. Select Cancel to not print labels.
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- To only print a specimen label, choose Print Label.
- You can print a list of specimens that are in this queue by selecting Print Receiving List.
- To change the lab on a specimen, choose Change Lab and a list of Active Labs will be available for you to select from.
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| Receive Specimens | - Receives the marked specimens in to the lab workflow
| | Print Label | - Prints a specimen label for marked specimens
- Labs configured with a label printer (in Admin) will ask the user if they want to print a label when Receiving specimens
| | Print Receiving List | - Prints a list of specimens in the To Receive queue
| | Change Lab | - Changes the lab a specimen is associated with / checked into
| | View Field Data | - Opens QC to view additional metadata (i.e. field test results) for a specimen
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| Testable | - Specimens have been received by the lab, but have not yet reached their Test Age.
Adjustments to the Specimen Test Date can be performed by selecting
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| Modify Test Date |
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| Print Early Break List
Print Early Density List | - Prints a break list / density list for a user-supplied test date
| | Print Label | - Prints a specimen label for marked specimens
| | Change Lab | - Changes the lab a specimen is associated with / checked into
| | View Field Data | - Opens QC to view additional metadata (i.e. field test results) for a specimen
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| To Test | - Specimens have been received by the lab and have reached their Test Age.
- Lab results are entered in the To Test queue.
- Broken out into each Sample Type.
- You can print a list to manually record test results which will be later entered into MetaField Lab. This list will display all specimens in the To Test queue. To do this, select the Print Break List button.
- You can also view a list of Fracture Types or Remark codes and descriptions by selecting the corresponding buttons.
- Specimens that have exceeded their Test Age are highlighted in red.
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When entering test data for more than one specimen, if test results are the same for an entire column of fields,
use the Fill feature to apply the same value to multiple specimens.
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| Modify Test Date | | Print Break List
Print Density List | | | Enter Test Results | | View Break Remarks
View Lab Remarks | | | Change Lab | | | View Fracture Types | | | View Field Data | |
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| To Review | - After lab results are entered and saved in the To Test Queue, the specimen will automatically move here.
- For this queue, you can edit and approve test results entered.
- To change test results, select the test and click Edit Results
- For Cast Cylinders and Beam specimens, once approved the specimen will move to the Analyzed work queue and lab results are returned to Quality Control and Dashboard
- For Density Test specimens, if testing is complete, the specimen will move to the Analyzed work queue and lab results are returned to Quality Control and Dashboard.
However, if future testing must be performed on the Density Test specimen, it will move to the Testable work queue.
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Analyzed | - Specimen record will automatically move to the Analyzed queue after test data has been entered and approve.
- Once the Specimen is in the Analyzed queue, lab testing is considered finished.
- Test results for Specimens in the Analyzed queue will now display in Quality Control for review and reporting by the project manager.
- Test results can be edited from this queue click Edit Results.
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When entering lab results data, the Tab key can be used to navigate right / left in the data grid. The up / down arrows can be used to navigate vertically in a column. |
Lab Filters
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Across the top of Lab Work Queues are several filter choices that allow you to refine the data returned within each Work Queue.
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Lab | - Select from a dropdown list your desired lab
- Default is All Labs
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Start/End Test Date | - Enter a date or select a date from the calendar
- Specimens will be returned that have a corresponding test date
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Project Number | - Type in a complete or partial project number
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Sample Number | - Type in a specific sample number
- Results returned will match the number entered exactly
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Set Number | - Type in a specific set number
- Results returned will match the number entered exactly
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Specimen Number | - Type in a specific specimen number
- Results returned will match the number entered exactly
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Difference in Test Age / Test Date in Lab and Quality Control
After a specimen is checked into Lab, the specimen Test Date / Test Age can be updated in Lab. You will not see this updated Test Date / Test Age in MetaField Quality Control until after a specimen status is updated to Analyzed in Lab.
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Analyzed marks the last status of a specimen in Lab. However, in MetaField a specimen status can be changed from Analyzed to Review or Complete. This change of status in MetaField is not reflected in Lab. |
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