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Samples can either be collected at stations or at locations specified within the project. When a sample is not created at a station, no sampling defaults are used and all of the sample information must be entered manually. Samples can either be collected singularly or continuously. Several sample media types are supported; including, soil & aggregates, rock, groundwater, surface water, asphalt, concrete, solid, fluid, air and biological.  A wide variety of information can be stored for a sample, some of this information will depend on the type of media being sampled. In addition, multiple descriptors can be stored and customized within the program. Sample photos can also be stored with the sample.

 

These samples can be sent for lab analysis, used for geotechnical tests, or be collected and stored for other purposes. Any lab analysis or geotechnical test conducted on the sample will be linked to the sample and can be opened from the sample information form, The lab analysis can be added and linked automatically using EDD data.

 

If the sample is collected from a boring or well, the boring or well it can be linked to the boring or well. When the sample is linked to a boring or well any relevant sample data will be displayed as part of the boring or well within the WinLoG module. This includes concentration data, water levels, some geotechnical test results, and soil or groundwater information.

 

EDMS Field

 

When a sample is received from EDMS Field it will automatically be imported into GaeaSynergy and associated with a task if possible. If the sample does not specify a proper task it will still be imported, but will not be associated with a task. This association can later be performed manually using the link feature as described on the Stations and Samples tab for a task. If the sample received from EDMS Field does not contain a valid sample it will not be imported and the sample file will be placed in the errors folder in the datastore, "Datastore\EDMS\Samples\Errors". This file can then be examined to determine why it can not be imported.

 

When a sample is received from EDMS Field, a notification can be sent to selected personnel as specified in the task for the sample.