Logilab ELN - Delimiter Master

The Delimiters master screen helps to add and retire delimiters that are used in method setup and parsing. While you add a delimiter to the master you associate the delimiter to appropriate method. In addition to single character delimiter, you can also add and manage regex patterns such as “\s\s+” These regex patterns shall be created with or without space.

1.1.1 Adding a Delimiter

1. On the main menu click and then click Delimiters. The Delimiters master screen appears as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Delimiters Master Screen

In the Delimiters master screen, you can see the list of delimiters added. Option to add, edit and retire delimiters appears. Also, options to export the delimiters master details to PDF / Excel / CSV appear.

1. Click Add. The add delimiter screen appears as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Add Delimiter Screen

2. In the Delimiter N ame field, type the name of the delimiter you want to add.
3. In the Actual Delimiter field, type the delimiter.
4. Click Submit .

 The delimiter is added to the delimiters list.

1.1.2 Editing a Delimiter

To edit delimiter details, follow these steps:

1. In the Delimiters master screen, select a delimiter to update and then click Edit . The selected record opens for edit.
2. In the edit screen do required changes and then click Submit

1.1.3 Retiring Delimiter

1. To retire a delimiter, in the Delimiters master screen, select delimiter to retire and then click The delimiter is retired, and the status appears as Retired.

1.1.4 Exporting Delimiters

To download delimiters, in the Delimiters master, click and then click the format: Excel / PDF / CSV as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Downloading Delimiters in Excel / PDF / CSV

The delimiters are downloaded to the local storage in the selected format.

1.1 Method Delimiter Master

Method Delimiter master screen helps to map delimiters to parser methods. While parsing, the mapped delimiter is used to parse data received from the instrument.

1.1.1 Mapping Methods to Delimiter

1. On the main menu click and then click Method Delimiter . The Method Delimiter master screen appears as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Method Delimiter Master Screen

List of method delimiters mappings added appears. You can add, edit or retire mappings. Also, options to export the method delimiter details to PDF / Excel / CSV appear. You can click Refresh to clear fields and filters for fresh entry.

5. Click Add . The add method delimiter screen appears as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Add Method Delimiter Screen

6. In the Parser Method field, select the parser method to map delimiter.
7. In the Delimiters field delimiters added to the Delimiters master appears here. Select the delimiter to map to the selected method.
8. Click Submit .

 The delimiter is added/mapped to the selected parser method.

1.1.2 Editing Method Delimiter

To edit method delimiter details, follow these steps:

1. In the Method Delimiter master screen, select a method delimiter to update and then click Edit .The selected record opens for edit.
2. In the edit screen, do required changes and then click

1.1.3 Retiring Method Delimiter

1. In the Method Delimiters master screen, select a method delimiter and then click Retire The method delimiter is retired, and the status appears as Retired.

1.1.4 Exporting Method Delimiters

To export method delimiters, in the Method Delimiters master, click  and then click the format: Excel / PDF / CSV as shown in the figure:

FIGURE: Downloading Method Delimiters in Excel / PDF / CSV

The delimiters are downloaded to the local storage in the selected format.