Page Description

Defining attributes and creating metacontainers. Creation of metacontainers can be initiated from several pages. When the action is initiated, a Create Metacontainer pop-up will appear. This allows the user to select the MetaContainer Type and the quantity of that type to create. Once a type and quantity are selected, the Create button is enabled. Additionally, the user can flag the new metacontainers as disposable/non-disposable and transferable/non-transferable.

For more help, click one of the following links:

• Accessing this Page
• Metacontainer Attributes
• Create Metacontainers

Accessing this Page

• Click the Manage Samples menu button, click the Storage Management button, followed by clicking the Create Metacontainers button.

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Metacontainer Attributes

1. After Metacontainer Types have been defined, instances of those types need to be able to be created and edited. These instances will be the metacontainer that will be used to actually perform the tracking and storage of samples. All metacontainer instances have the following attributes:
   • Type: the MetaContainer Type that defines the layout and what other Tube/Container Types or other Metacontainer Types can be transferred into this instance. Once a metacontainer instance is created, its type cannot be changed.
   • Identifier: theunique identifier for the metacontainer generated upon creation according to the ID Generation format defined on the System Defaults administration page. The identifier can be printed on labels and bar code scanned or manually searched for within Copia.
   • Description: the additional text that helps identify the metacontainer. The ID and Type will not always give enough context as to what the specific metacontainer represents. For example, a metacontainer might have a type of Refrigerator and an ID of REF-123, and the description field allows the fridge to be identified as Special Chemistry Fridge.
   • Disposability Flag: allows a metacontainer to be marked as non-disposable to prevent the accidental disposal of itself and all of its contents. This is intended to be useful for reusable metacontainers that are not disposed of regularly. If a metacontainer has been marked as non-disposable, its contents can still easily be disposed of.
   • Transferability Flag: allows a metacontainer to be marked as non-transferable to prevent the accidental transfer of it into other metacontainers. Once the initial structure of all the metacontainers is defined, immobile metacontainers, such as refrigerators and departments, will likely never need to be transferred and can be flagged as non-transferable. If a metacontainer has been marked as non-transferable, its contents can still easily be transferred.

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Create Metacontainers

1. Select an option from the Type drop-down list to specify the type of metacontainer that should be created. This is a required field.
2. Enter a value in the Quantity to Create field to specify the number of instances of the selected metacontainer type that should be created. The default value is one. This is a required field.
3. Select the Disposable checkbox to set the metacontainer as either disposable or non-disposable for all that are created.
4. Select the Transferable checkbox to set the metacontainer as either transferable or non-transferable for all that are created.
5. Select the Print Labels on Create checkbox to automatically print labels for all of the new metacontainers when Create is clicked. If labels need to be reprinted, or it is preferred to manually print the labels, this can be done on the Edit Metacontainer pop-up.
6. Click Create to display the Edit Metacontainer pop-up that will show all of the new metacontainers that are ready to be edited or to reprint labels. Create will be disabled until all required fields have been populated.
7. Click Close to close the pop-up without making any changes.

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