Amounts

BIOVIA Study Design and Tracking obtains its data about available amounts of material from BIOVIA CISPro.

See Also
Samples
Activating a Study
Creating a Study

BIOVIA CISPro allows you to track and report on your inventory while meeting safety and regulatory requirements. CISPro stores information about materials, their quantities, production dates, and locations. When you select a CISPro lot when creating a study, this reports the available amount of that lot.

In Study Design and Tracking, when you select the storage conditions and time points for tests, this calculates the amount of material of each lot required for each task. This automatically calculates the total amount of material of each lot required for all tasks, with a user-specified built-in excess. If your tasks require more material than is available in any of the selected lots, changes to the lifecycle of the study result in the display of a warning message.

Both the available and required amounts for the study account for materials stored in Eaches. When you store a lot in small quantities, an Each is the base unit of the packaging. Amount calculations take into account the quantities, volumes, and densities of Eaches.

The Summary Amount view details the calculations performed to generate the total required amount for each lot tested in the study. You can access this on the Summary tab of a readable study and from the Materials and Test Design tabs of a study being edited. For more information, see Summary Amount.

The amount calculation uses:

  • The amount for each activity (test).
  • The matrix of tests performed for each time point and each storage condition.
  • The specified overage for each storage condition.

The conversion between volume and mass uses the CISPro specific gravity where available. If the specific gravity is not available for a material, the calculation uses the default value of 1.0.

Master Samples
When you use master samples, the amount calculation combines the quantities for all tests for each combination of time point and storage condition. This is indicated in the Summary Amount tables. The header of the time point column displays a icon. The cell reporting the total amount of material required for all tests under all storage conditions, usually in the first row, also displays a icon with a tooltip. The values for rows for other test activities do not report values.
Sample Reuse
When you reuse samples for tests at multiple time points (under the same storage conditions), the amount of material required is for that single sample. The amount calculation combines the single sample amount required for each test with sample reuse under each storage condition. You cannot use a single sample for multiple different tests at each time point, even under the same storage conditions. This is indicated in the Summary Amount tables. The header of the test activity row displays a icon. The cell reporting the total amount of material required for all time points under all storage conditions, usually in the first column, also displays a icon. The values for columns for other time points do not report values, but display a icon with a tooltip.
Containers
When determining the number of containers required for each material in a study, the calculations take into account all tests at each time point under each storage condition. This minimizes the number of containers required, so that a single container is not expected for every test. For example, for a given time point under the same storage condition, if two tests require 1 g and 2 g of material, a single 5 g container is sufficient. Requiring a container for each test consumes two 5 g containers, leading to wastage of 5 g of material.