OpenLab CDS can be customized to support various workflows and applications. Customizing capabilities are available via different approaches, as described in the following sections.
Data Analysis can be enriched by calculating additional values. The calculations are done with the Custom Calculation Editor and referenced by or embedded in a processing method.
These calculations can be quite complex. The calculation results are directly visible in Data Analysis, no report generation is needed.
Custom calculations are processed on result set level. They are only computed if all injections of the result set are processed together.
In a report template you can call calculation results from a method-specific custom calculation, or define additional, template-specific calculation expressions. The template-specific values are only visible in the report preview or the final report.
Reports are generated on either injection level, result set level, or across multiple result sets. Reports can be used for automated result evaluation on all the mentioned levels.
Example report templates for typical petrochemical or pharmaceutical applications are provided with the application and can be imported in Data Analysis (see Import default templates in OpenLab Help & Learning).