bika.lims 3.1.6

Bika Open Source LIMS

Bika Open Source LIMS is a powerful and flexible web based LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with roles and workflows tailored for laboratories, using the mature toolset provided by Plone.

The meaning of Gaob

In the tradition of Chief Inkosi Bika LIMS 2 using a title for a release, this edition is code-named Gaob Bika LIMS 3. Gaob, King, is taken from Khoi San Nama, language of the world’s first people.

Installation and upgrades

Bika LIMS can be installed on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD and other platforms:

• Installing Bika LIMS

• Upgrading Bika LIMS

• Troubleshotting

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Documentation

• User Manual

• GitHub Wiki

Feedback and support

• Bika Users List: bika-users

• Bika Developers List: bika-developers

• LIMS design List: lims-design

• Issue Tracker: http://jira.bikalabs.com/

• IRC: irc://freenode.net/#bika

Release notes v3.1.6 (2014-12-17)

• LIMS-1530: Scrambled Analysis Category order in Published Results

• LIMS-1529: Error while inserting an AR with container-based partitioning is required

• LIMS-1460: Additional field in AR for comments or results interpretation

• LIMS-1441: An error message related to partitions unit is shown when selecting analysis during AR creation

• LIMS-1470: AS Setup. File attachment field tag is missing

• LIMS-1422: Results doesn’t display yes/no once verified but 1 or 0

• LIMS-1486: Typos in instrument messages

• LIMS-1498: Published Results not Showing for Logged Clients

• LIMS-1445: Scientific names should be written in italics in published reports

• LIMS-1389: Units in results publishing should allow super(sub)script format, for example in cm2 or m3

• LIMS-1500: Alere Pima’s Instrument Interfice

• LIMS-1457: Exponential notation in published AR pdf should be formatted like a×10^b instead of ae^+b

• LIMS-1334: Calculate result precision from Uncertainty value

• LIMS-1446: After retracting a published AR the Sample gets cancelled

• LIMS-1390: More workflow for Batches

• LIMS-1378: Bulking up Batches

• LIMS-1479: new-version and upgrade-steps should be python viewlets

• LIMS-1362: File attachment uploads to Batches

• LIMS-1404: New Batch attributes (and their integration with existing ones on Batch views)

• LIMS-1467: Sample Point Lookup doesn’t work on AR modify

• LIMS-1363: Batches per Client

• LIMS-1405: New Sample and AR attributes

• LIMS-1085: Allow Clients to add Attachments to ARs

• LIMS-1444: In AR published report accredited analysis services are not marked as accredited

• LIMS-1443: In published reports the publishing date is not shown in the pdf

• LIMS-1420: Status filter is not kept after moving to next page

• LIMS-1442: Sample Type is not filtred by Sample Point

• LIMS-1448: Reports: when you click on “Analysis turnaround time” displays others

• LIMS-1440: Error when trying to publish with analysis from different categories

• LIMS-1459: Error when checking instrument validity in manage_results

• LIMS-1430: Create an AR from batch allows you to introduce a non existent Client and Contacts don’t work properly

• After modifying analysis Category, reindex category name and UID for all subordinate analyses

• Setup data import improvements and fixes

• Simplify installation with a custom Plone overview and add site

Authors and maintainers

• Bika Lab Systems, http://bikalabs.com>

• Naralabs, http://naralabs.com