Own Your Data and Results: Export Files, Import to LIMS

Having the flexibility to manage your test results and raw data the way that best suits your lab opens doors to increased efficiency. Feeling like your data management system should be improved? Wondering if your lab may be missing out on powerful data-driven actions? Let us know what challenges you are facing. Chances are, we can help.

Accurate and repeatable test results are the most important product of a mechanical test. Properly managing these test results can be more challenging than conducting the test itself. Although there are several common data management and results reporting practices throughout the testing industry, most labs take approaches that are unique to them. In order to make it easier for all labs to take control of their test results and data, we have introduced several new exporting features with the release of Bluehill^® Universal.

• Make it easier for your lab to develop unique report output files, which can be seamlessly imported to a Lab Information Management System (LIMS) or other reporting application, with specialized export settings.
• Generate standardized files containing user-defined tables or lists of method parameters, test results and/or raw data.
• Export to either a CSV or designated text file format (ASCII, UTF-16, or UTF-8) that matches your requirements.

Automatically Transfer Test Results to a LIMS or Other Business System

For labs managing results and reports with an existing LIMS or other business system, it is often desired to automatically transfer test results directly to the LIMS. This avoids additional manual data entry saving time and reducing keystroke errors. One simple way to accomplish this is through a file transfer approach. In this scenario, Bluehill Universal will export the designated test results and test parameters to an external file, which can then be directly imported to your existing LIMS. The file used for transfer can live on the local test system or on a network server. Once imported to the LIMS, the file can be wiped clean and the process continues without any demand on the test technician.