The record relationship can be linked via ForeignKey or ForeignKeys in Labii ELN & LIMS. For example, A box stored in a refrigerator, and the refrigerator sits in a laboratory. The Relation Flowchart can be used to display such a relationship.
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Once common use case for Relation Flowchart is the sample management. For example, blood was used to extract DNA, and the DNA was then used to prepare a library for deep sequencing.
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To use Relation Flowchart, please make sure:
The table has ForeignKey or ForeignKeys columns
Multiple records are referring each other with the column
To use it:
Add a section with Relation Flowchart widget
Click Edit to configure
Choose a Column to track
Choose the flowchart direction
Click Submit
The relation flowchart build from ForeignKey only have one path, however, the flowchart build from ForeignKeys can have multiple paths.
Note: The box is clickable to see more detail of the record.
Note: The loading speed for the widget is a little bit slow, this is because it searching the upstream and downstream at the real time.