A storage unit is the largest type of storage item, and is used to hold levels.
About this task
A new storage unit is created by defining various properties for it,
such as its size and temperature. You can manually define these properties for the storage
unit as you create it, or you can use a template that applies default settings for you.
Procedure
Click Storage > Stored Specimens from the LDMS menu bar.
From the action menu, select Add storage unit.
Figure: The LDMS action menu
The Create storage unit window will
open.
Optional: Select a template to use for the new storage unit from the From
template box.
All settings from the template will be set for you. You can override any settings
from the template if needed. Any changes made will only affect the new storage unit; the
template will not be modified.
Optional: Click the Empty Structure button to remove any levels
that were automatically added by a template.
This is only necessary if you do not want to use the default levels (if
present) from a template.
All levels added by a template will be removed.
Enter a descriptive name for the new storage unit in to Name
box.
This is the name for the new storage unit as it will appear in the storage tree in
LDMS.
Select the type of storage unit from the Type box.
Select the temperature of the new storage unit from the Temperature
box.
Enter the number of rows and columns for the new storage unit into the Number of
rows and Number of columns boxes.
This represents the size and capacity of the new storage unit in terms of the number of
levels that it can hold. For example, if you are creating a
freezer that can hold 5 shelves vertically, you might have 1 column
and 5 rows.
Select or deselect the Positions only option as
desired.
If the positions only option is selected, each item in the level in the new storage unit
will be identified by a number. If it is not selected, each level will be identified by
its coordinates.
(If Positions only is not selected) Define how levels in the new
unit should be identified.
Select either Row/Column or
Column/Row from the Coordinate
order box.
If Row/Column is selected, each level’s position will be
identified in the format (row,column)
Select how columns and rows are to be labeled from the
Column labeling and Row
labeling boxes.
To use letters to identify rows or columns, select
Alphabetic; to use numbers, select
numeric.
Select the fill order for the new unit from the Fill order box.
Fill order can be used when adding a new level to the unit. While you must specify a
fill order, you can override it when adding levels to the storage unit.
Optional: Select a position(s) in the unit to be excluded from the Excluded
positions box.
Excluded positions are used to help identify the orientation of the
container (meaning which side is the front and which is the
back).
Review the Preview of the new unit.
If any empty levels will automatically be added the new unit, they will be listed in the
Default Levels section.
Optional: To save the current configuration as a new template, do the following.
Select Save As New Template.
In the New Template Name box, enter a name for the template.
Click the Save button.
Results
The new unit will have been added to the storage tree. The storage tree is in alphabetical
order, so you may need to change pages in the storage tree to find your new storage
unit.
