Submit samples for analysis to Analytics

Benchling has replaced one of its modules (“Requests”) with another new module (“Workflow”). To discover how to submit samples for analysis to the Analytics team using Workflows, follow this guide.

Grant access to Analytics to your Project

Add Analytics Benchling Team to the list of collaborators in your Project to enable the analysts to access the samples you are going to register.

1. Navigate to your Benchling Project settings ⚙️

2. Add the Analytics Benchling team to the list of collaborators (“READ” access is enough)

→ How to add a user or a Team as collaborator in your project

Register samples directly in your Notebook Entry

In order to register samples to submit to Analytics, you can follow a Sub-template created by LIMS support for this purpose.

Follow this video to learn how to do it:

Summary of the steps:

1. Navigate to your experiment Notebook Entry

2. Insert the sub-template “Analytical Sample Submission” in the Entry

→ You can choose between different samples storage options: Plate, Box, single Vials.

Note

The sub-template includes a Box (or) Plate Creation table for, respectively, a 9x9 box and a 96-Well plate. If you are using another type of storage option, you can add your own Box creation table and Plate creation table and select the correct type.

3. Fill-in the registration and inventory tables that appeared in your Notebook Entry with the required metadata.

4. Copy (Command+C / CTRL+C) the newly-registered samples entities from the last table

Create a Workflow

In order to submit your newly-registered samples for analysis to the Analytics team, you need to create a Workflow and attach the samples within it.

Note

The Workflows that you can submit to the Analytics team for in-house analysis are labelled with “AC” (that stands for “Analytics”). Check the full list of available “AC” Workflows here.

Follow this video to learn how to do it:

Summary of the steps:

1. Create a Workflow of the relevant type, based on the analysis your are interested in.

2. Select “Table” format for your Task table

3. Paste the samples entities in a single AC Samples column cell

4. Fill-in the remaining metadata fields.

→ Remember to specify the correct “Project number” and to save the Workflow in the relevant Project folder (the video’s Project number and Project folder are used as examples).

5. Click on “Create”. The analyst will receive an email and therefore will be informed about your submission.

Important

You will receive an email when your samples have been analyzed and the results have been added to the Output table of the Workflow. To access the results, download the attached file.

List of available Workflows

This is the available list of Workflows (one for each analysis type performed by the Analytics team):

If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact us at lims_support@biosustain.dtu.dk.