Enter Package Sample Data for a Despatch

This activity is applicable to trains, truck despatches, service trips and shipments; and presumes that:

The despatch has at least one discrete unit (DU) loading or unloading movement.
The movement flow used to load or unload the despatch has an assigned sample template. See Assign a Sample Template to a Material Flow.
Samples may have been created with that sample template; for example, via the Sample Explorer.

Sample data cannot be edited after the sample results have been used in an assay exchange. See Contract Fulfilment (Assay Exchange).

Security Note: Depending on the despatch type, you need the applicable security rights for this activity:
• Allow train maintenance and Allow train loading/unloading in the Trains domain security rights group
• Allow truck despatch maintenance and Allow truck loading/unloading in the Trucks domain security rights group
• Allow barge service trip maintenance and Allow barge loading/unloading in the Barge Despatches domain security rights group
• Allow shipment maintenance in the Shipments domain security rights group
• Allow lot despatch maintenance in the Lot Despatches domain security rights group

Activity Steps

Open the Train, Truck Despatch, Service Trip or Shipment.
Select the route point in the Route Diagram where the loading or unloading occurred.
Select the Package Samples tab.
Select the package in the Stock Movement table.
Samples created (for example, via the Sample Explorer) using the sample template of the movement flow used to load or unload the package display in the Sample table.
To associate an existing sample, check Selected for the sample.
To create a new sample:
1. Right-click in the Sample table and select New Unassigned » [Sample Template from the menu.
  Note: If the Sample status definition exists, the sample is assigned the initial status. This status definition controls whether the sample is editable and selectable. See Status Definitions and View or Change Sample Status.
2. Check Selected for the sample.
3. Update the Sample name if required.
4. Update the Sample Date if required and only if there are results from a single laboratory.
5. Enter the Value for each analyte.
  Press Tab or Enter to move between cells when entering sample data. Use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste data into the table. Data is pasted into cells from left to right for rows, and top to bottom for columns.
  For samples associated with a single despatch order, the Original Grade Decimal Places of the analyte's settlement rule determines how many decimal places display for data entry. See Enter Assay Rules for a Set of Contract Terms. If there is no settlement rule for the analyte, or if there is no (or more than one) despatch order, the number of decimal places specified for the analyte in the Analyte Definition Editor is used.
  It is possible to Change the Default Analytes Displayed for Sample Data Entry.
  Note: If the movement is associated with a despatch order for a contract where the assay rules specify Default Laboratories, the sample Value and a Sample Date can be entered for each laboratory. The average (that is, the mean) of values for each analyte displays. The value that matches the (Default) Multi-Lab Settlement Method is underlined and is the only downstreamed value. MineMarket also updates the Sample Date (for the package sample) based on the (Default) Multi-Lab Settlement Method; however, if that method is Mean, the latest date is used. The Sample Date (for the package sample) is read-only.
6. If the Sample Analyte status definition exists, select the Status for each analyte.
  Note: You can only change the status if the status transition is allowed for your user group. Status link configuration may require that only different users can change consecutive statuses, or that the user who changes the status cannot be the user who last modified the sample analyte. To view the status history for the individual analyte, right-click the status and select Open Analyte Status History from the menu.
Click Save.