Checklist to keep your system lean

Keeping your AlisQI system clean, logical, and consistent improves usability for all users. This checklist provides practical guidance for auditing and tidying your configuration. If you need help, contact AlisQI Support.

General

• Consistent use of language
  Users find it easier to navigate the system when terminology is consistent. Fields of the same type that appear in multiple places within AlisQI should use the same name across the board.

Menu

• Menu bar groups
  Do you have a lot of analysis sets? Then separate menu bar options could come in handy.
• Analysis-set groups
  Are the analysis sets grouped in a way they are easy and logical to find?

Analysis set

• Consistent naming
  Are the names you give analysis sets or fields within analysis sets consistent with other places which are similar
• Double input
  Is the same data being entered in more than one analysis set? Avoid duplication by linking analysis sets to each other or by merging them where appropriate.
• Sorting of analysis sets fields
  Do you use batch number, sample number and remarks within multiple analysis sets? Try to improve the recognizability by giving them the same order in all the analysis sets.
• Headers
  Are headers added to different parts of an analysis set? This can improve the recognizability and make it easier for users to find what they are looking for.
• Index fields
  Index fields can be used to configure specifications and to control field visibility. For example, you can use an index field to show or hide certain fields based on the selected product, so users only see what is relevant to them.
• Alarms
  Are you getting the same alarm in different ways (or via different alarm types)? Delete workflows or alarm types to stop this from happening.
• Unused fields
  Are there fields within your analysis set which are never or almost never being filled in? Maybe you can remove them or include them somewhere else in AlisQI.
• Drafts & inactives
  Have you got a lot of drafts or inactive analysis sets? Go through them and see what you can clean up.
• Serial numbers
  AlisQI can apply advanced logic to serial numbers — for example, a segment of the serial number can be set to change automatically based on a selection list value. Contact AlisQI Support to configure this.

Selection lists

• Unused options
  Are certain options of a selection list never or almost never being used? Consider if you can deactivate these options, if these options are being used in past results they will continue to exist there.
• Few to no options
  If a selection list contains few to no options, and is not being used for statistical analysis then you could consider to not adopt these options in a selection list. Maybe there is some other way, for example using a check box.
• Not assigned
  Are there selection lists which aren’t assigned to an analysis set? Consider removing these selection lists.
• Similar options
  Are there several selection lists containing the same or similar options? Maybe these can be combined in one selection list.
• Drafts & inactives
  Have you got (a lot of) drafts or inactive selection lists? Go through these and see what you can remove.