By now, we have already
seen a couple of examples of how to create Tours.
We know that a Tour is a collection of tags
for which we are going to collect information.
We also see how we can create
New Tours and modify existing Tours.
There are four requirements when we create
a New Tour. The first one
is we need a Tour Name. We also need
a Full Access Group and a Data Entry Group.
And, at last, we need a list of
the tags for which we are going to collect information.
In addition, there are three
items that are optional. That is the Description,
a Comment Tag, and a
Schedule. Let's create a New Tour
and see how
these requirements come into play.
I have Manual Logger open.
This is the Welcome Window. If I click
under Manage Tours, I can see a list
of all my existing Tours, and I will --
I can also create New Tours. When
I create New Tours, I will be guided by
the Tour Creation Wizard which will take
me through the four requirements to create
a New Tour. The first one is the
Tour Name. If I was a technician
conducting an experiment -- let's say that I was
conducting Experiment 180,
and that will be the Na... the Name of my Tour.
Next, I need the second required
item which is the Full Permission Group,
and this is going to be the Operators. This
is the Group that will have access to
review and approve the data.
The third requirement is the Data
Entry Group which, in this case, is going to be the
Secondary Operators. And, at last,
I need the tags for which I, I will be
collecting information. Searching
through the tags, I am going to add
three tags to my Tour.
Click OK, and when I finish the
Wizard, I will be taken to a
window when I can further select
options for my Tour and for each one
of the tags. I can see
that this window
contains the four required items
which are the Tour Name, the Full Access Group,
the Data Entry Group, and the tags
for which I am collecting information.
In here, I can also see
the three optional requirements
which is the Tour Description, a
Comment Tag, and a Schedule.
Under Tour Description,
I am going to say that this
is Experiment
180
that collects
information on the
concentration of
Compound X.
For the Schedule,
I can
select the desired frequency
which, in this case, is going to be
an hourly frequency starting today.
I click OK
and
my Tour is already set to be
collected
every hour. I am
not going to set up a Comment Tag
because, while this is an option, there is a
better way to enter comments and observations
on the data that is collected.