•Adding or Editing Action Levels
Action Levels allow data managers to track regulatory limits for analytes. There is no limit to the number of groups that can be created, and an analyte can exist in multiple action level groups. The Action Levels form allows users to manually enter and edit Action Levels. This article provides a quickstart overview of how to set up a group of analytes and assign a regulatory limit to each analyte in the group. Articles within the Action Levels Form chapter provide greater details.
Adding or Editing Action Levels
To begin adding or editing Action Levels manually, perform the following:
1.Click the Action Levels 
icon located in the Edit group on the Home ribbon of Professional to open the Action Levels form.
2.Select Add Action Level Type from the Add New Type/Code drop-down to add a new action level type. This will add a record to the RT_ACTION_LEVEL_TYPE table. Only action level types with active (STATUS_FLAG = A) action levels assigned to them are displayed in the action level type list. When a new Action Level Type is added, a new action level for that Action Level Type should be created in the same session. If not, the Action Level Type will not be displayed in the list if the action level form is closed and reopened.
3.Add a new Action Level and Details.
4.Populate Action Level Parameters.
5.Copy Action Levels.
Note: If the Action Level Code is updated for an existing action level, the parameters will be cleared from the view as they will be updated to have the new name. Users will need to re-open the Action Level form to view the parameters for the newly named action level. |
Action Levels Listed
Note: Action Level Forms only display action levels and action level types with STATUS_FLAG = A. |
When the Show Action Levels for All Facilities check box is unchecked, only action levels with the current Facility ID are displayed.
When the Show Action Levels for All Facilities check box is checked, action levels with the following are displayed:
•the current Facility ID,
•the Facility ID of any facilities in the database to which the user has permission, and
•no Facility ID.
Deleting Action Levels
Select the action level from the Action Level Type pane of the Action Levels form and click the Action Levels Delete button on the toolbar to delete an Action Level Code from the DT_ACTION_LEVEL table. This will also delete all of the Action Level Parameters from the DT_ACTION_LEVEL_PARAMETER table.
