30 ChemStation Workflow
3 Data Analysis
The ChemStation User Interface during Data Review
The ChemStation User Interface during Data Review
The ChemStation user interface provides a number of features to facilitate
working with the different methods available for data analysis (Figure 14
on page 30).
Figure 14 User Interface in Data Analysis
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The method modification status is displayed in
Data Analysis
view, so you
can easily follow if there are unsaved method changes. The user interface
always displays the name of the currently loaded method (together with the
information whether it is an individual data analysis method of a data file
or a sequence method).
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When you move the mouse pointer over this field, a tool tip additionally
displays the complete path and name of the method.
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A dropdown box provides a shortcut to the method options of the
Preferences
dialog. You can directly enable any of the available options and
it will be applied the next time you load a run from the Navigation Table.
Moreover, it is also very convenient to see which option is currently active.
Note that these options only apply to data review, but not to reprocessing.
Saving methods in Data Analysis view
During work in Data Analysis view, the user optimizes the data analysis
parameters of his methods. In addition to just saving a method, the
workflow may also require e.g. to save a sequence method with different
name or as a master method into the master method directory.
The Method menu in data analysis provides several items to save the
method: