At a dairy processing facility, the plant may package dairy products, and juices, drinks, buttermilk, bottled water, etc. The different groups of products may have different tests performed.

Now new in the Fluid Program, the numbering system can be separated by the different categories of products tested.

Step 2: Fluid Product Specs Window > Make sure all products/brands have a specification set up and all products/brands have a category assigned.

In above example; the CA-OJ (Calcium Orange Juice) is set to category Juices in the Fluid Product Specs Window.

Note: QMI or In-Line samples may be set up with the product, such as 1% and brand name In-house. The In-line samples can be separated from the other samples by setting up the specifications and selecting a different category with a different prefix.

Step 3: In the Fluid Defaults > General Information tab > Activate the feature if you wish to separate the numbering by category. The numbering will begin with 0001 after activating, it is best to activate right before a new month begins, although it can be activated at anytime.

Step 4: In the Fluid Product Window > As the products are added to the program, the numbering will start with the Prefix assigned in the Fluid Support Lists.

In above example; the Homo was set to category Dairy with the prefix F. The Homo was identified as F0001. The CA-OJ was set up to category Juice with the prefix J. The CA-OJ was identified as J0001.

Spotlight Feature: Did you know in all QA Studio Programs > when performing a Find, you can find more than one group of samples. Click Find, select the desired criteria, and click OK. Next hold the SHIFT key down, (holding the shift key down will keep the data from the first find in the main window), with the shift key down, click FIND again, select the criteria for the next search and click OK. You can release the Shift key after selecting Find. For example; you can click Find Product: 1% for this month and click OK. Hold the shift key down and click Find again. Release the shift key and select the next criteria such as 2% for this month then click OK. Additional finds can be selected, each time hold the shift key down before clicking Find and data will remain in the window.