Exception Focused Review - Using View Filters to Understand Why Results Are Flagged for Further Review - Tip290

OBJECTIVE or GOAL

Use view filters to understand why results are flagged for further review.

ENVIRONMENT

• Empower
• Empower Tip of the Week #290

PROCEDURE

STEP 1
Based on the custom fields we created in Tip #289, all standards and samples require further review (Figure 1).

STEP 2
Let’s address the samples first. The "AAC_Amount_Invalid_Result" custom result field indicates that three out of the four samples have invalid results. Highlight those rows, right-click, and select View As > Peaks (Figure 2).
 

STEP 3
The "AAA_Amount_Evaluation" custom peak field indicates that the Acetone peak "Just Pass (Low)" in one sample and "Just Pass (High)" in the other two samples, so they are flagged (Figure 3).

STEP 4
Why were the remaining sample and the standards flagged indicating Requires Further Review? 
Throughout this series, as well as in other Empower Tips and presentations, we highlight the use of view filters and discuss how they can be used to easily identify any potential data integrity issues. You can create a view filter on the Results tab to view potential issues such as the following (Figure 4):

• Was the same Instrument Method used to collect all the data in the Sample Set?
• Was the same Processing Method used to generate all the Results in the Result Set?
• Were any of the samples Altered post run?
• Were the Results signed off?
• Were there any manually generated Results?

STEP 5
In this Result Set, you see the following issues explaining why all the Results were flagged as "Requires Further Review" (Figure 5):

• All standards and samples were altered post run.
• There are extra Results for one standard and for one sample.
• No Results were signed off, nor were any of the Channels associated with these Results locked.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This can be done with either the Pro or QuickStart interface.