Input File & Format
On the Input File & Format page of the Receipt Property Editor, select the result files associated with the receipt. The options available will depend on how sample receipts are configured. See: Runtime Options
File(s) / Path
Although a default file name can be specified, it is more likely that a new file name will be used for each receipt.
You can select individual result files or select a folder that contains the result files you want to associate with the receipt.
Auto-create despatch
Select this option to create a despatch based on an existing receipt file.
File Format
This option is disabled if you have chosen to auto-detect the file format.
A receipt is configured for a specific laboratory and file format. In other words, once it is configured, a receipt can only be used to process result files from a specific laboratory and an associated lab file format.
Sample Tracker is able to process laboratory result files in standard interchange file (*.sif), comma separated values (*.csv) and Excel (*.xls, *.xlsx) format.
Sample Tracker will accept input from any standard SIF file, or variations thereof. You may implement variations on the SIF layout, including SIF S02 file format, by defining a new format using the ST_XS_FORMAT and ST_XS_FORMAT_LAYOUT tables.
Auto-detect format
Select this option to auto-detect the format of the specified file or files. If you have chosen not to auto-detect the format, you can select from a list of the file formats that have been configured in Sample Tracker.