With the catalog system in BioARCHIVE, you can manage central master data that is required for recording, categorizing and later evaluating your inventory management, samples and patients. Catalogs ensure that certain entries are standardized, clearly structured and available system-wide – a decisive advantage for quality, comparability and automation of your work processes.

What are catalogs?

Catalogs are predefined or individually created selection values that are used in various areas of the system – e.g. to:

• Define sample and aliquot types,

• structure storage boxes,

• to record medical data such as diagnoses, symptoms or laboratory parameters in a standardized way.

Different catalog types are used depending on the area of application. These can either be predefined by the system or configured individually.

Advantages of using the catalog

• Consistent entries: Uniform selection options in the input masks minimize errors and ensure data quality.

• Reusability: Once defined, catalogs are available in all relevant areas.

• Flexibly customizable: Customize or expand catalogs individually.

Where can I find the catalogs?

All catalogs can be found in the menu under Administration → Catalogs. There you can call up the existing categories, adapt them or add new definitions.

What types of catalogs are there?

BioARCHIVE distinguishes between various catalog areas, including

• Subject types (e.g. patients, donors)

• Sample types

• Aliquot types

• Box types

• Standard catalogs (diagnoses, symptoms, etc.)

The exact functionality and configuration of these catalogs can be found in the next article.