Reference Chromatogram

Display Reference Chromatograms

Select Show Reference Chromatogram to add reference chromatograms to the report.If reference chromatograms are available for the selected data, they will be added as separate signals.

Visibility

With these options, you can define whether a legend is shown for each specific signal, and which text in which format is used for the legend. You can either select one of the predefined legend texts, or create a dynamic expression with the help of the Expression Editor.

The font size may differ slightly from the number you choose in the Font dialog. This happens because font size points do not exactly match monitor pixels. The application automatically calculates the font size that corresponds to the actually used number of pixels.

Legends for reference chromatograms always start with the prefix 'REF'. They are displayed in a legend container on top of the signal pane. A horizontal legend area shows the legend objects. If the horizontal space is not big enough a new row is automatically allocated. The legend area is automatically sized vertically.

The legend section is not visible if it would take more than 75 % of the available space on the plot.

Signal Style

Show All Signals in Black

The line color and annotations of all signals will be black. This can be helpful when printing on a black & white printer.

Custom Style

To use this function, clear the Show All Signals in Black check box .

Define specific colors, pen widths and dash styles for your signals.

Reference chromatograms are stored in the processing method. To view them in a report, process and save the result set.

Peak Label Visibility

Select Show Peak Labels to annotate reference chromatogram peaks with peak baseline, peak start/end markers, and retention times.

The following settings on the Peak Labels page apply to reference chromatograms as well:

  • Peak Label Visibility: Annotation position, angle, bounding box and annotation position algorithms

  • Peak Labels: All color related properties

  • Peak Markers: Peak top, peak baseline and color related properties