To efficiently document which steps have been executed in an experiment, users can insert a protocol or procedure template from eLabProtocols into the ELN by adding a new experiment section and choosing Procedure template.
The next step will list all procedures - personal, shared and public - that are accessible to the user's account.
Click on the procedure template to open it. If the user selects a protocol that contains dynamic fields, they can set the values of those fields here to configure the protocol. Click Insert Procedure Template to add it to the digital lab notebook.
After adding a procedure in the ELN, a link to the version of the protocol template used is displayed in the footer.
Any changes made to the inserted protocol will only apply to that section of the current experiment. To edit the protocol, users can either open it in the text editor by clicking the Edit icon or Restart it to reset the values of your dynamic fields.
Note: any changes made to the protocol section do not affect the original protocol template stored in eLabProtocols
Restart Procedure Section
In case when the user wants to change the variables in a protocol after inserting it into a procedure section, they can Restart the procedure. Click Restart in the action menu of the inserted procedure section. The protocol template will be reopened to allow the user to reset the variables in dynamic fields.