How to export absorbance units from Empower and plot them in Microsoft Excel - WKB10203

OBJECTIVE or GOAL

To export detector raw data ,AU to Microsoft Excel.

ENVIRONMENT

• Empower 3
• Detector Absorbance ( example AU)

PROCEDURE

You must first create an Export Method.

1. In the project window, click File > New Method > Export Method.
2. Go to the Raw Data tab.
3. Type a file name.
4. Select ASCII File.
5. Select a path for the file to be exported to.
6. Select X-axis Data - Export Time Column.
7. Select Export Fields in the Sample Information box.
8. In Chromatogram, select Det. Units by double-clicking it.
9. Click File > Save and name the Export Method.

Now that the method is created, you can go to your desired channel, right-click it, and choose Export. Select Use Specified Export Method, and then select the newly created method. Once this is done, you can open an Excel spreadsheet. Click File > Open. In the drop-down menu to the right of the File Name box, select "All Files (*.*)". You should now be able to navigate to the export method's destination and open the data in Excel. 

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