EvalMacro – for Automatic Evaluations and Result Assessments

Software option Eval Macro Eval Macro is a software functionality which allows automating and simplifying manual evaluations of routine measurements where the same property is repeatedly determined. How to create an eval macro, including a preparatory operation and result validation, will be demonstrated on a two-segment measurement of oxidative induction time. The eval macro is set up in the following way. In the story software evaluation window, open a measurement curve which was done without an eval macro. Before performing the actual evaluation, you can define preparatory operations which are stored in the Eval Macro with the evaluation itself. Go to the Eval Macro tab and click Prepare Curve. The Eval Macro Preparations dialog box appears. The Operations drop-down list shows all preparatory operations which are available. Select one or several operations to be applied. It may prompt you in a dialogue window to enter parameters for the selected operation. If the list is as desired, click OK. Now evaluate the curve using all the evaluations you wish to include. After you made all evaluations go to the tab eval macro. Click protocol. All previous evaluation steps are temporarily saved. Open the same raw curve and check the eval macro by running it. Click apply for this. The temporarily saved EVAL macro is applied to the opened curve. If the EVAL macro is OK, click Save As. A dialog box appears, prompting you to enter a meaningful name for the EVAL macro. Enter a name and click OK. The result of an eval macro can be automatically validated with regards to compliance to quality standards. In order to create a validation, click Validation. The menu items OK Text and KO Text are now available. Enter both texts by clicking the respective menu items. It is recommended to also quote the tolerance limits in the text. Format the text regarding font type, font size and color and place them on the evaluation. Now define the permissible range of the result. Click the respective line of the result block and click Edit validation. In the dialogue box, enter the low and high limits and close with OK. Click Protocol to save all previous entries. Reopen the curve you have used for creating the eval macro. Click Apply to check the correct execution of the eval macro, including validation. If the result is according to the expectation, click Save As for later routine use. The eval macro can be used manually on curves by opening them and going to eval macro. Click open and select the desired eval macro name. An eval macro can also be assigned to a method. Any sample which is measured with that method is then automatically evaluated after the measurement is finished.