Ampletracks User Tutorials

Ampletracks User Tutorials#

We will be using https://demo.ampletracks.com for this tutorial.

In this User tutorial we will be creating a record for an ingot of Steel received from Company A. We want to perform EBSD on the sample so need to section it to smaller pieces. We will be using a TESCAN Mira3 LC FEG-SEM to perform EBSD with a Oxford Instruments Symmetry S1 detector. We will be storing the EBSD maps on an area of our local drive. We will be using Aztec Crystal Software to analyse the data. We want a way to track this work and decide to use Ampletracks to index the samples and EBSD maps, and relate them to each other and the acquisition equipment.

We will (covered in sections Create a Sample record - Create a relationship between the Sample and Dataset Records):

  1. Create a Sample Record for the ingot

  2. Create a ‘Sub-Sample’ Record from our original Sample Record (or Child Sample, as is referred to in Ampletracks) for our sectioned steel ingot

  3. Create a Dataset record to index the EBSD map data, which is stored in a local drive

  4. Edit these records to relate them to each other

    Important

    The Record Child Record relationship is intrinsic and does not require any manual input from the User other than the creation of the Child Record

Once we have performed our analysis on the raw data, we want to track that analysis. We will:

  1. Create a Child Dataset Record from the original Dataset Record

  2. Relate that Child Record to the Analysis Tool Record for Aztec Crystal Software

This above is covered in sections Create an analysed Dataset record (Child) and Relate the analysed Dataset to the Analysis Tool

Create a Sample record#

Here, we are creating a Sample Record for the steel ingot as received from Company A. To create the sample record:

  1. Navigate to the Samples listing

  2. Click on the Add Sample button

  3. Follow the form and fill:

    1. A Unique name of the sample of your choice

    2. Material details, i.e. the comprising elements

    3. Description of the sample

    4. Indicate any Process history before receipt from Company A

    5. Location

    6. Indicate that the Sample was received from Company A in Additional information

    7. Contact name

    8. Contact email

  4. Click the Save, or Save & Close button, once you have submitted all your Sample details

Create a sub-Sample record#

We need to create a sub-Sample Record for our sectioned part of the ingot, which we will use for EBSD data acquisition.

To do this:

  1. Navigate to the Record of the Sample you just created

  2. Click the + New child record button, which is within the Descendants box, below the main Sample menu

  3. A new Record form will open up with some inherited features

    1. Inspect the form before modifying anything

    2. Uncheck the inherited box for the field Unique name of the sample

    3. Type out a description in the Process history to indicate that this is a cut-off of a larger ingot and has been prepared for EBSD data acquisition

    4. Click the Save, or Save & Close button

Edit the Sample details#

Now that we have a Sample and Child Sample Record, we can try editing either or both of them.

  1. Navigate to the Record View mode

  2. Click on the Edit button

  3. Modify some of the details about the sample, either the Additional information or Process history

  4. Click the Save, or Save & Close button

Add a QR code to a pre-existing sample#

Add the QR code#

For this part you will be handed a QR code sticker.

  1. Grab an object you would like to use as a Sample

  2. Inspect the QR code sticker, you will see a number, as shown in Fig. 21

    ../_images/qr_object.jpg

    Fig. 21 An example QR code label sticker.#

  3. Navigate to the Sample Record you want to associate with the QR code label and enter Edit mode

  4. Type in the number of your label in the text box underneath the Assign label: title, in the Labels area. The number in this example is 0001928 or 1928, as shown in :

    ../_images/demo_ampletracks_labels_area.png

    Fig. 22 The Labels area in a Record#

  5. Click out of the area in a non-responsive part of the form, a Submit button should appear

  6. Click the Submit button

  7. Now click the Save, or Save & Close button

  8. Your Record in now associated with the label

Test out the QR code#

Not logged in#

For this part, you willneed to use a device with a camera. We strongly recommend that you open up an incognito window, log out of Ampletracks, or use your phone

  1. Connect to https://demo.ampletracks.com

  2. Click on the Want to scan a label? area, as shown in Fig. 23

    ../_images/ampletracks_want_scan_label.png

    Fig. 23 The Want to scan a label? area in the Ampletracks login page on a Desktop browser#

  3. Grant permission to Ampletracks to access your camera

  4. Plan the label within the camera window

  5. The label will scan and redirect you to a window listing some details about your Record, as shown in Fig. 24

    ../_images/demo_ampletracks_public_record.png

    Fig. 24 Public details about a Sample Record displayed when scanning a QR code label when not logged into the system#

Logged in#

Now, feel free to repeat the steps detailed in section Not logged in when logged into Ampletracks.

Create a Dataset record#

  1. Switch to the Dataset Records listing page

  2. Click on the Add Dataset button

  3. Follow the form

  4. You will reach a box where you will be prompted to add a link to a local file/directory or a cloud-stored file/directory

  5. Try listing a local directory on your system following this ‘link’ convention file:///explicit-full-path-to-directory-or-file

  6. Fill in all other details for your Dataset Record

  7. Now click the Save, or Save & Close button

Create a relationship between the Sample and Dataset Records#

  1. Navigate to the Dataset Record you just created

  2. Click on the Edit button

  3. Click on the -- Add new relationship -- drop-down menu, under Relationships

  4. Investigate what types of relationships you can form by choosing any available option

  5. Start typing in the text box that will appear

    Hint

    By typing ___ or %%% you can see a list of all available options. Within a larger version of Ampletracks, you can also search for Records to relate your Record to by typing in the Record owner’s name in the text box.

  6. Choose a Record to relate it to

  7. Click the Save, or Save & Close button

Create an analysed Dataset record (Child)#

  1. Navigate to the Dataset Record for which you want to create a Child Record

  2. Click the + New child record button, which is within the Descendants box, below the main Dataset menu

  3. Follow the instructions in creating a new Dataset Record

  4. Click the Save, or Save & Close button

  5. The Child Dataset Record is intrinsicly relate to your Parent Dataset Record

Relate the analysed Dataset to the Analysis Tool#

  1. Navigate to the Child Dataset Record you just created

  2. Click on the Edit button

  3. Click on the -- Add new relationship -- drop-down menu, under Relationships

  4. Choose was analysed using from the dropdown menu

  5. Start typing ‘AZtec Crystal Software’ (you needn’t type the full text in) in the text box that will appear

  6. Choose the Analysis Tool Record to relate it to

  7. Click the Save, or Save & Close button

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