When the compartment type of the user's preference is not present as an option when adding a compartment, users can define a new compartment type. Navigate to the Inventory Browser within Inventory and select the storage unit or compartment to which the user wants to add a new compartment type. Click the Add Compartment button.
In the pop-out menu that appears, click Add new compartment type. Users can either add a Segment (such as a drawer, tower, rack, or canister) to which other compartments or an unspecified number of samples can be added alternatively a predefined Sample Container can be added with a fixed number of available positions.
Note: in a Sample Container, only samples can be added and not additional compartments.
Note: users can create custom compartments where; Orientation, number of Rows and Columns and a custom name can be specified.
Finally, click Add Compartment to add the selected compartment type.