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Gen5™ File Export
Creating a File to Export to LIMs/LIS
Introduction
Many commercially available LIMs/LIS applications can easily import text files (*.txt) from instrument control and
analysis software programs like Gen5. This Tech Note describes the steps required to create a custom *.txt
containing the required data, using the File Export Builder feature in the Gen5 protocol. The File Export Builder
allows a user to create a template containing only the data that needs to be exported in the file, in either a column
(table) or matrix (grid) format. See the example screens in the Appendix.
This Tech Note also describes the Gen5 protocol options available to define the exported file path, manual or
automatic exporting and information about exporting each plate’s data to its own file or appending multiple plates to
a single file.
Step 1: Select the data to be exported using the File Export Builder
a)
Open the Gen5 protocol file
b)
Double-click the File Export Builder in the protocol me
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