Freezerworks Unlimited Webinar Classes – Winter 2010

Need training or a refresher on an aspect of Freezerworks Unlimited?  Sign up for one of our upcoming classes.

Click on the link to register.  Classes are free of charge for Customer Care Owners (CCP).   Once you have been approved, you will receive an email confirming registration, with log in directions and the ability to add the class to your Outlook calendar.

Audio is provided by either phone or VoIP, your choice. 

Recordings of these classes are available for viewing at any time.  Go to your Product Notices Link to locate them.

All Classes Times are  10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern US)

Freezerworks Unlimited Classes (not for Freezerworks Basic owners):

UDFs and Entry Screens - Part 1  Tues, Feb. 16 at 10 AM Pacific

How to create User Defined Fields and Entry Screens to place them on.  Topics include: Auto Generated numbers, Aliquot and Sample fields, Define Lists, Default Values, Default values based on another field entry, Restricted Drop Down Lists (restrict allowable entries based on the value of another field)

UDFs and Screens - Part 2 Wed, Feb. 17 at 10 AM Pacific

More on User Defined Fields: Creating Calculated Fields, Format by color, using color based on ranges or other field entries, creating Count Fields (showing aliquot totals within a Sample record based on an aliquot field).

Configure Freezers Thurs, Feb. 18 at 10 AM Pacific

How to setup Freezers and create Exceptions within Freezers.  How to use exceptions to consecutively number, e.g., boxes across racks.  Difference between unique and non-unique freezers, use of Next Assignable Position, using freezer Aliases for unique box IDs and other uses.  When to divide a freezer into "virtual freezers".  How to configure Freezer Security and perform QC checks.

List Views Fri. Feb. 19  at 10 AM Pacific

How to create and utilize List views for Sample, Aliquot, and Transaction records.  Topics include Group ownership of List Views, Editable List views, creating subsets, exporting list view data, printing list view reports

Batch Entry Tue. Feb. 23 at 10 AM Pacific

Learn how to streamline data entry to save time and simplify tedious data entry tasks.

Batch Update Wed. Feb. 24 at 10 AM Pacific

Learn how to use the Batch Update features to select groups of records to update data fields. Learn how to update and add transactions, assign aliquots to existing sample records, or assign new aliquot positions to existing aliquots.

Import Thur. Feb. 25  at 10 AM Pacific

Freezerworks Unlimited comes with powerful importing features that can assign aliquots and aliquot positions during the import process, and update existing Sample and Aliquot records. Learn how to utilize these time saving features.

Export Fri. Feb. 26 at 10 AM Pacific

How to create export files from Freezerworks Unlimited, and read them in Excel.

Move Samples Tues. Mar. 2  at 10 AM Pacific

Learn how to quickly drag and drop boxes, racks, aliquots and more to other freezers or locations within the same freezer in Freezerworks Unlimited. Learn the difference between parent and parallel moves, and the rules for which moves are allowed and which are not.  Also, how to use Batch Update options for Moving existing aliquots to new locations.

Bar Code Labeling Wed. Mar. 3 at 10 AM Pacific

This class offers information on labels, label sizes and formats, and printers that work with Freezerworks Unlimited. How to create label formats using the Bar Code label editor and troubleshoot label printing problems.

User Defined and Other Reports Thur. Mar. 4  at 10 AM Pacific

A look at the available reports in Freezerworks Unlimited as well as how to configure your own User Defined Reports.

Shipping Fri., Mar. 5  at 10 AM Pacific

Are you shipping samples to other labs/locations? Become skilled in using the Shipping menu to select aliquots for shipment, mark transactions, update amounts, and print shipping manifests.

Searches Tue. Mar. 9  at 10 AM Pacific

Learn how to find your samples using the variety of search tools available, including Search by ASCII file and how to search, list and update batches of samples using the bar code scanner.  Also how to create scheduled searches to be alerted, e.g., when volume or numbers are low.

Groups & Security Wed. Mar. 10  at 10 AM Pacific

Learn how to configure Freezerworks Unlimited in a way that adds security to sample data and freezer locations. Protecting data and creating entry screens according to user groups will also be discussed.

SOAP & FROST Thurs. Mar. 11  at 10 AM Pacific

Do you have a need for allowing remote access to your Freezerworks Unlimited data via the web? Using the New Freezerworks Unlimited SOAP Server with the Freezerworks Remote Search Tool (FROST) you can make your database a web services search engine. Create structured search options for sharing data remotely while maintaining all of Freezerworks Unlimited's security features.

Backup Fri. Mar. 12 at 10 AM Pacific

For both Freezerworks Unlimited and Basic owners. Learn how to set up Freezerworks Server to prepare and schedule backups, and maintain log files. Also learn how to restore backups in case of emergency.