How to add a comment to a TrendPlot graph - WKB96788

OBJECTIVE or GOAL

Customers find it useful to add a short remark to the samples plotted in a TrendPlot. Information such as "new column" or "cleaned cone" help in understanding why a certain trend is seen in the TrendPlot. Comments cannot be added once a sample is imported into the TrendPlot. However, there is a workaround for adding information linked to a certain sample before this sample is imported into the TrendPlot.

ENVIRONMENT

• MassLynx
• TargetLynx
• TrendPlot

PROCEDURE

1. Before acquiring data in MassLynx and processing samples with TargetLynx, add a useful comment into sample list column field File Text. You can also use the User, Submitter, or Conditions fields.
2. Click the TrendPlot icon in the TargetLynx sidebar in MassLynx and import a TargetLynx dataset.
3. Open the Report Editor by clicking Reports > Edit. Under X-Axis > Value, select the text option instead of the default option name (see yellow highlight in picture below). The information written in the File Text column of the sample list is now automatically displayed on the X-Axis. You can also use the fields user, submitter, conditions in combination with the same columns in the sample list.
4. Close the edit box. The information in the file text field from the sample list is now plotted on the X-Axis relative to that particular sample (see yellow highlight in picture below).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION