Index
visionCATS
3.1
  • What’s new in visionCATS 3.1
    • Changelog
      • visionCATS 3.1
        • Enhancements
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 3.0
        • Enhancements
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.5
        • Enhancements
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.4
        • Enhancements
      • visionCATS 2.3 SP1
        • Enhancements
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.3
        • Enhancements
      • visionCATS 2.2
        • Enhancements
      • visionCATS 2.1
        • Enhancements
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.0 SP2
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.0 SP1
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 2.0
        • Enhancements
      • visionCATS 1.4 SP2
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 1.4 SP1
        • Bug fixes
      • visionCATS 1.4
        • Enhancements
      • visionCATS 1.3
    • CAMAG® HPTLC PRO Module PLATE STORAGE
    • Reporting technology change
    • 3D Viewer technology change
    • User groups
    • HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT diagnostics
    • Multiple HPTLC PRO Module APPLICATON steps
    • Configuration of the conditioning process for HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT
    • Sample reference amount unit change
    • New mixture naming
    • Modification of visionCATS installation modes
    • Known Issues and workarounds
  • User documentation
    • Main window
      • Main Toolbar
        • Title bar
        • Main toolbar and menu
      • Toolboxes
        • Project Explorer Toolbox
        • Instruments Toolbox
        • System Log Toolbox
      • System Status Bar
        • Last system log entry
        • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM status
        • Selection of the HPTLC PRO SYSTEM
        • Selected HPTLC PRO SYSTEM status
        • Login of current user
        • Name of the visionCATS server and status of all instrument services:
        • Used memory by the client
    • File Explorer
      • Main explorer view
        • 1.Contents of the current folder
        • 2. Navigation
        • 3. History
        • 4. Status bar
        • 5. Sort options
        • 6. Search options
          • Default textual search
          • Simple search shortcuts
          • Advanced search
      • Preview view
      • File Types
      • File Status
      • File Actions
        • Menu New
        • Menu File
        • Menu Edit
        • Menu Tags
    • Method / Analysis File
      • HPTLC Steps
      • Chromatography
        • Track Assignment
        • Instrument step parameters
          • Plate Layout
          • HPTLC PRO APPLICATION
          • ATS 4
          • Linomat 5
          • Manual application
          • HPTLC PRO DEVELOPMENT
          • ADC 2
          • AMD 2
          • Chamber
          • Immersion
          • Spraying
          • Derivatizer
          • TLC Visualizer/TLC Visualizer 2
          • TLC Scanner 4
          • TLC Scanner 3
        • Instrument step execution
          • Instruction display
            • HPTLC PRO
          • Execution display
            • Data acquisition steps
              • TLC Visualizer/TLC Visualizer 2
              • TLC Scanner 3/TLC Scanner 4
              • HPTLC PRO
        • Multiple application steps
        • Multiple development steps
      • Data View
        • Images View
          • DataView Toolbar
            • General tools
            • 𝑅ꜰ Tools and Tracks
            • Image Settings
              • HDRI Settings
            • Annotations
        • Tracks View
        • Profiles View
      • Spectrum
        • Positioning
          • Overview
          • Spectrum Definition Table
          • Substance Positioning
        • Execution
        • Data
          • Overview
          • Spectrum Scan View
            • Display
            • Toolbar
            • Purity
            • Correlation
            • Maximums
        • Correlation
          • Overview
          • Spectrum Correlation Data
      • System Suitability Testing (SST)
        • SST Table
        • Overview
        • SST View
      • Evaluation
        • Definition
          • Track assignment
          • Substance Table
          • References
          • Samples
        • Integration
          • Overview
          • Peaks table
          • Profiles view
          • Integration tools
            • Bounds
            • Smoothing
            • Baseline
            • Profile Subtraction
            • Peaks
              • Interactive baseline
              • Manual peak edition
        • Substance assignment
          • Substances table
          • Profiles view
          • Substances view
          • Tracks view
          • Toolbar
        • Calibration
          • Overview
          • Height/Area views
          • Calibration function view
        • Results
          • With Sample reference amount
        • Related Substances
          • Overview
          • Defining main and related substances
          • During the calibration
          • In the results
        • Internal standard
          • Overview
          • Defining the internal standard
          • During the calibration
          • In the results
        • Reproducibility
          • Overview
          • During the definition
          • In the results
        • Limit Test
          • Overview
          • During the definition
          • In the results
      • Remarks
        • Editing features
        • Limitations
      • Report
        • Report Settings
          • Report template selection
          • Report template options
          • Tracks data options
          • Data acquisition options
          • Image display options
          • Evaluation options
          • Log options
        • Outline
        • Preview
        • Method’s report
      • Log
      • Export of data
        • Peaks table export
        • Substance assignment export
        • Evaluation results export
        • Profile data export Only with Export data option
        • Raw profiles export Only with Export data option
        • Integrated profiles export Only with Export data option
        • Comparison profiles export Only with Export data option
        • Spectrum export Only with Export data option
        • Analysis spectrum data export Only with Export data option
        • Comparison spectrum export Only with Export data option
    • Comparison Viewer
      • Overview
        • How it works
        • Common functionalities
      • Export to comparison
        • Overview
        • Images and profiles export to comparison
        • Spectrum export to comparison
      • Image comparison
        • Display
        • Overview
        • Illumination selection
        • Toolbar
        • Track information
      • Profile comparison
        • Tracks view
          • Display
            • Overlay
            • Stack
          • Overview
          • Wavelength or illumination selection
          • Toolbar
          • Tools
          • Profile selection
            • Profile selection’s toolbar
            • Profile selection’s lists
        • Wavelengths view
      • Spectrum comparison
        • Display
        • Overview
        • Spectra to display
        • Toolbar
        • Maximums
        • Spectrum definition selection
      • Remarks
      • Report
        • Report template selection
        • Report settings
          • Global settings
          • Image settings
          • Profile settings
          • Spectrum settings
      • Log
    • Tools
      • Toolboxes
      • Other tools
        • Vial/Substance Editor
          • Vial List
          • Substance List
          • Selected Vial
          • Selected Substance
          • Substance in Vial
        • Method Library
          • Downloading and using CAMAG Methods
          • Download by using the Standalone Downloader
          • Method deployment
          • Additional features
        • Global Lists Editor
          • Toolbar
    • Administration / Options
      • User Management
        • System Settings
        • Users and groups rights
        • Users
          • Toolbar
          • User table
            • Tooltips
        • Groups
          • Toolbar
            • New group
      • General Settings
        • Installations
          • Toolbar
          • Main installation table
        • COM Ports
          • Toolbar
        • USB Ports
          • Toolbar
        • Instruments Configuration
        • Global Configuration
          • Analysis
          • Notifications
      • User Options
        • Miscellaneous
          • Method and analysis options
          • Dialogs options
          • CSV export options
        • Notifications
      • Report Settings
        • Reports Configuration
          • Reports header logo
          • Reports page setup
          • Global CSS
        • Report templates
        • Report templating
          • Technologies
            • HTML
            • CSS
              • Colors
              • SCSS
            • JavaScript
              • Handlebars
              • linq.js
              • D3.js
              • Flot (legacy)
              • Other JavaScript libraries
            • EO.Pdf
          • Breaking changes
            • visionCATS 3.1
              • CSS files
              • Libraries changes
              • Rendering changes
              • D3.js replacing Flot
              • JavaScript version
              • HTML changes
            • visionCATS 3.0
              • New instrument names
            • visionCATS 2.5
              • Unit converter functions
              • Sample reference amount
          • Versioning
          • Debugging the report template
            • PDF generation debug
            • PDF generation temporary folder
              • Report temporary files structure
            • Debugging tools
              • Web browser’s developer tools
              • Code editor
          • Changing template styles
            • Global and template specific styles
            • Tutorials
              • Changing the global styles
              • Overriding global styles for a specific template
          • Changing template structure
            • General structure
            • Heading and report overview
            • Tutorials
              • Simple re-ordering and visibility
              • Header logo only on the first page
              • New layout
              • Displaying only log of a specific type
    • Profiles viewer
      • Axis
      • Navigation in 2D
        • Zooming the view
          • One axis zooming
        • Panning the view
      • Navigation in 3D
        • Zooming the view
        • Panning the view
        • Rotating the view
      • Viewing modes
      • Export
    • HPTLC PRO
      • Overview
        • Terminology
        • Status colors
          • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM status
          • HPTLC PRO Module status
        • Conveyor Manager
      • Configuration
        • Setup
        • HPTLC PRO Settings
          • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM Configuration
            • Main toolbar
            • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM row
            • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM toolbar
        • HPTLC PRO Module
          • Properties tab
          • Manual control tab
            • HPTLC PRO Module PLATE STORAGE
            • HPTLC PRO Module APPLICATION
            • HPTLC PRO Module DEVELOPMENT
          • Diagnostics tab
          • Operations tab
          • Firmware tab
        • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM Details
          • Display
          • History tab
          • Diagnostics tab
            • With HPTLC PRO Module PLATE STORAGE
      • Execution
        • Typical execution
        • Preparation
          • Analysis splitting in HPTLC/TLC steps and HPTLC PRO runs
          • Multiple HPTLC PRO Module APPLICATION steps in an analysis
        • Execution
          • Display Tab overview
            • Toolbar
            • Modules
            • Status
            • Sequences
          • Consumables validation
            • Consumables check
              • Vial position in HPTLC PRO Module APPLICATION rack
          • Execution of a sequence
            • Using an HPTLC PRO SYSTEM without any HPTLC PRO Module PLATE STORAGE
            • Using an HPTLC PRO SYSTEM with an HPTLC PRO Module PLATE STORAGE
          • Last sequence info
          • History tab
            • Functionalities
            • Timeline groups
            • Types of elements
            • Event categories
            • Severity
        • Troubleshooting
          • HPTLC PRO SYSTEM reset
      • Advanced
        • Understanding the HPTLC PRO Module and HPTLC PRO SYSTEM initialization
    • 21CFR Part 11 compliance
      • Understanding the logging features
      • System logger
      • HPTLC Logger
      • Data deletion
      • Motivated change
      • Open as management
      • E-Signature
      • Data integrity
        • How to setup Windows user rights for data integrity
  • Installation and support
    • Introduction
      • Architecture
      • Editions and options
      • End user license information
    • Installation
      • Parts supplied
        • Content of the visionCATS installation disc
      • PC System Requirements
        • System Requirements
        • Installation Drive
        • Communication ports
        • Supported operating systems
        • Color quality
        • System printer (optional)
        • Additional software installed
      • Installation procedure
      • Troubleshooting
      • Installation of USB to RS232 adapter
        • Troubleshooting for RS232 adapter
      • Installation of TLC Visualizer camera
        • OHCI driver installation
        • Camera driver installation
        • Configuration for Windows 10
      • Installation of TLC Visualizer 2 camera
        • Camera driver installation
      • Installation of HPTLC PRO driver
        • Automatic installation by Windows Update
        • Manual installation
        • Installation end
      • Update of TLC/HPTLC instrument firmware
        • For instruments with RS232 connection
        • For the camera of TLC Visualizer
      • Update of HPTLC PRO Module firmware
    • Licensing
      • General information
      • Activation
      • Upgrades
        • Re-activating your existing license
      • Hardware changes
    • Instrument diagnostics
      • Diagnostics expiration for HPTLC PRO Module
      • Diagnostics view
      • How to do the diagnostics
    • visionCATS Diagnostics
      • Properties
      • Client Diagnostics
    • Backup / Restore
      • Backup procedure for visionCATS
      • Restore procedure for visionCATS
      • Scheduling backup
        • Automatic backup
        • Manual backup
          • Configure network share for scheduled backup
            • Network architecture
            • Setting backup folder
            • Creating the network share with correct rights
            • Setting backup folder: retry
    • Instrument Properties
    • Maintenance and troubleshooting
      • General maintenance
      • Service Tool
    • Known Issues and Workarounds
      • Troubleshooting USB connection errors for HPTLC PRO Modules
    • Logging
      • Installer logs
      • visionCATS logs available
      • The Get debug logs functionality
  • visionCATS Guide
    • General Introduction
      • The visionCATS concept: HPTLC made easy!
      • Key features
      • Benefits
    • Getting Started
      • Main window
    • Working with method templates
    • Working with methods from the Method Library
    • Method transfer
      • Downloading a method from the Method Library
      • Performing a method transfer validation
    • Creating a new method
      • Creating a qualitative method (e.g. identification of a herbal drug)
      • Creating a quantitative method
    • Performing an analysis
    • Data view
      • Tools
      • Export of Images
    • Working with SST
    • Scanning Densitometry
      • Single-wavelength scan
      • Multi-wavelength scan
    • Image profiles
    • Evaluation
      • Basics of quantitative evaluation in visionCATS
      • Manual mode
      • Expert mode
      • Peak table export
      • Related substances
      • Internal standard
      • Reproducibility
      • Limit test
      • Export results
      • Export graphs
    • Spectrum Scan
    • Working with Comparison files
      • Image Comparison
      • Profile Comparison
      • Spectrum Comparison
    • Other features
      • Quick scan / Partial scan
      • Dual Wavelength scan and (blank) track subtraction
      • AMD 2 settings
    • Reports
    • Export of Data
    • 21 CFR Part 11
    • Example Files
    • Case studies with application tutorial videos
      • HPTLC-Fingerprint of Ginkgo biloba flavonoids (qualitative example)
      • Identification of fixed oils by HPTLC (qualitative example, including method transfer validation)
      • In-process control during chemical synthesis (qualitative example, including HPTLC-MS)
      • Quantitative determination of steviol glycosides (quantitative example)
  • Glossary
visionCATS
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  • Method / Analysis File

Method / Analysis File¶

A Method or an Analysis has several steps, each one represented by a tab:

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  • HPTLC Steps
  • Chromatography
  • Data View
  • Spectrum
  • System Suitability Testing (SST)
    • SST Table
    • Overview
    • SST View
  • Evaluation
    • Definition
    • Integration
    • Substance assignment
    • Calibration
    • Results
    • Related Substances
    • Internal standard
    • Reproducibility
    • Limit Test
  • Remarks
    • Editing features
    • Limitations
  • Report
    • Report Settings
    • Outline
    • Preview
    • Method’s report
  • Log
  • Export of data
    • Peaks table export
    • Substance assignment export
    • Evaluation results export
    • Profile data export Only with Export data option
    • Raw profiles export Only with Export data option
    • Integrated profiles export Only with Export data option
    • Comparison profiles export Only with Export data option
    • Spectrum export Only with Export data option
    • Analysis spectrum data export Only with Export data option
    • Comparison spectrum export Only with Export data option
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visionCATS version: 3.1
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