CHEM | Filter & Update Materials

FILTERING & UPDATING YOUR CHEMICAL COLLECTIONUPDATING FILTERED MATERIALS BY ADDING LOCATIONSFILTERING & UPDATING YOUR CHEMICAL COLLECTIONWith the Filter & Update feature, you can update specific materials by performing a search filtered by data that you specify, and which you then update the materials by adding locations to materials. You can search for materials based on various chemical criteria that you specify in the following procedure. Choose COLLECTION MANAGEMENT > Filter & Update in the Chemical Management System. Ensure the SELECT SEARCH CRITERIA tab is selected in this window. (Optional) Select a different Temperature Unit of Measurement. Choose material criteria that you want the system to return by making selections from the categories. Be sure to select at least one toggle, otherwise the system returns your entire material collection. As you select a toggle, the toggle turns red to prompt your response for the dialog box that displays. A dialog box example is shown below.  Select or enter criteria for the dialog box. In the case of drop-down menus, you may need to click DONE to dismiss the menu. Click CLOSE to dismiss the dialog box. (Optional) To edit previous input, click the pencil icon that displays in a selection’s row, shown bordered in red in the following image, to prompt its dialog box to display. Make your edits, and click CLOSE when you finish. To remove a criteria completely, click its toggle to de-select it. After you finish making your selections in the Chemical Material Update window, click the UPDATE MATERIAL RESULTS tab shown at the top of the window to display the materials resulting from your selections. UPDATING FILTERED MATERIALS BY ADDING LOCATIONSYou can add locations to filtered materials by performing the following steps. Ensure you complete the steps outlined above.  The window refreshes to display the filtered material results. Elements in this window include: Material Action - Click this field to display the three actions that you can perform for all of the materials returned by the system. Filter Results - Refine material search results further by entering material metadata in this field. As you input data, the window responds by condensing the material search results list based on your input. Remove "x" - Click to remove the material from the list. Click Material Action > Add Material Locations. Click the Locations drop-down menu. Click inside the check boxes for the locations you want to add the filtered materials to.  Click DONE to dismiss the drop-down menu. Click SUBMIT.