FastFinder 3.x Release notes

Release notes 3.6

3.6.6

25/08/2021

3.6.5

25/05/2021

Bug fixes

• Color compensation can be applied when channels are inactive
• Lot with lot dependent parameters can be made inactive

3.6.2

20/08/2020

Improvements

3.6.1

22/06/2020

3.6.0

05/06/2020

Improvements

Release notes 3.5

3.5.7

11/03/2020

Improvements

• Optimized target sorting and escaping of all text columns in the generic CSV export.
• Possibility to change the date format in lab settings (see Technical note)
• CSV and XLSX sample name import functionality (see Technical note)
• Performance improvements
• Installer improvements

Bug fixes

• During analysis for quantitative assays with replicates and no valid standard curve. 

Note: It is advised to verify whether automation tools using the generic CSV and QC CSV are not impacted by these changes.

3.5.5

13/01/2020

3.5.4

17/12/2019

3.5.3

29/10/2019

3.5.2

11/09/2019

New features in FastFinder 3.5

• It is now possible to exclude standard curve samples from the standard curve.
• Report settings: A logo and laboratory information can be configured. The logo and info will be present on the first page of the standard pdf report. 
• One-click analysis: If an assay has an automatic plate setup and default configuration, you can immediately proceed to the analysis results.
• New results tab for amplification assays: Target details. In this tab, all targets are shown separately. This makes it easier for the user to view all positive and negative curves at once. The details tab is now renamed to “Well details” due to the addition of the “Target details” tab.
• Displaying multiple targets of multiple samples together in the same graph.
• Additional lot settings can be implemented.

QC improvements

• QC settings: it is now possible to choose the QC monitoring, either per device or per device type.
• It is now possible to (de)select the samples that have to be rejected due to a QC violation
• A toggle is added to the QC module to hide inactive lots and assays
• The Levey-Jennings curve has updated datapoint symbols and colors to provide the user with more information.
• The QC exports (pdf and csv) have been updated to accommodate the implemented improvements
• Improvement in editing outliers behavior

UI/UX improvements

• QC overview tab: it is now possible to sort by clicking on the table headers and to change the width of the columns.
• Export settings are now remembered.
• Linking an assay to a color compensation: It is now possible to search in the list of assays.
• It is now possible to search in the pdf exports.
• The filters in the archive now also include a search box.
• The samples in the resolve tab are now more clearly indicated on the plate view in the Well details tab.
• All edit icons (pencil) are now always visible and not only on hover.
• Sorting behavior of overall results
• Improved sample type nametag matching
• Both sample and well names will be parsed for the AriaMx device

Revised specifications

• Updated Terms of Use and Data Processing Agreement
• Updated minimal screen resolution to 1366 x 768 pixels

For more information, consult the detailed technical note which you can find in the Help module.

Bugfixes

• When selecting a device in the QC module, the last used lot is selected by default

• Repaired round-off difference between the mean above the Levey-Jennings curve and the mean in the Levey-Jennings curve.

• Info icon with newly added comment appears immediately after leaving and then returning to the screen

• When a sample is rejected, the user can not switch to the graph of the different targets using the target selection under the graphs. The graphs can still be consulted using the selection in the details table or in the edit sample table.

• Exports possible with inactive assays and their parameters (e.g. lot, color compensation) 

• Plate view in Details can now be closed on minimal screen resolution

• Correct selection of graphs in the pdf report

• Rejected samples are shown in the pdf report of other languages

Release notes 3.4

3.4.4

12/08/2019

Improvement in replicate concentration visualization.
Visibility of standard curve info has changed.
Bugfix in curve visualization when multiple assays are used together.
Update in the generic amplification CSV export for standard curve properties.

3.4.3

29/07/2019

Bugfix in LIMS export for quantitative analyses where not all standard curves were calculated

3.4.2

12/06/2019

Improvement in assay plugin behavior.
Bugfix for runs without a plate view or instrument ID.

3.4.1

22/05/2018

New features in FastFinder 3.4
- An integration with FastFlow has been implemented to automatically use the plate setup defined in FastFlow.
- If applicable, it is now possible to get FastFinder in German and French.
- If applicable, multiple run files can now be selected for analysis.
- It is now possible to place more than one standard curve on a plate.
- Buttons and icons are changed/added in the interface to make the above possible.

Device related
- Four new cyclers are supported: AriaMx, AriaDx, LightCycler 96 and QuantStudio 12K Flex.
- Sorting of samples in RotorGene software will not affect import in FastFinder.

FastFinder related
Some UI/UX improvements have been implemented:
- Optimized sorting of well numbers.
- Performance optimizations.
- Arrow key navigation possible when control curves are enabled.
- Reference curves are shown when selected by default.
- Manually configurable width of results overview columns.
- “Errors and warnings” message update after action.
- Multiple channels selectable in the edit sample tab.
- Bugfix in switching graph settings.

Assay Plugin related
- If applicable, an assay manual can be linked to each assay.
- Additional information for analyzed results of Control Assay Plugins.

QC module related
- Change to the indication of the end of a floating stage in case of a negative channel in the QC Overview.
- Recalculation of Westgard rules’ validity after changing a Cq value.
- Correction in mean and SD display of the QC Configuration.

Export-related
- Table headers removed on separate pages of pdf export.
- Correction in escaping “new lines” in generic .csv export.
- Disabled concentration output value for negative samples in .csv export.
- To be repeated samples are included in the generic .csv export.

 

Release notes 3.3

3.3.7

04/06/2019

Flexibility towards unknown warning codes to support new assay plugins

 3.3.5

01/04/2019

Correction in control assay plugin linking

3.3.4

03/12/2018

Performance improvements for .csv report creation

3.3.3

19/11/2018

Bugfix in user authorisation setttings

 3.3.2

24/10/2018

Update of the Terms of Use and Data Protection Agreement

 3.3.1

17/10/2018

What's new in FastFinder 3.3?
- New supported device: Agilent Mx3000p
- New analysis type: relative quantification including lot dependent dCq cutoffs
- Better visualisation of replicates in the software by grouping all relevant samples with a color indication
- A generic .csv export containing all analysed data is available to enable a seamless integration with external systems (on request)
- Assays can now influence the results of a linked assay. This can be useful for e.g. an extraction control assay to another assay without extraction control. This way, the results of the extraction are incorporated in the results of the target assay.
- Multiple reference curves can be saved with a single click
- LightCycler 1.5 is no longer supported

For more information, consult the detailed technical note which you can find in the Help module.

Risk analysis of below known anomalies revealed that there is only a low risk associated with these anomalies and that the system could be released without resolving them. These anomalies will be fixed in future validated releases of the FastFinder Platform software.
- When the user is using an older version of the software and the environment is updated to a newer version during the usage of the software, an error message is shown instead of a popup informing the user to logout. The user has to close the system but after restarting, FastFinder migrates successfully.
- When a sample is rejected, the user can not switch to the graph of the different targets using the target selection under the graphs. The graphs can still be consulted using the selection in the details table or in the edit sample table.
- When warnings are available for standard curves in the configure assay step, this is not indicated by the general icon next to the assay name but only next to the standard curve warning.
- Multiple standard curves are shown simultaneously when selecting the same target in different subsets in the details tab. This can be avoided by only selecting samples within one subset.
- PDF generation fails when using certain special characters (e.g. ", ?, /, *, >, ...) in the export name.
- When restarting an analysis, the analysis name is reset to the original file name, and not the changed analysis name (if appropriate).

 

Release notes 3.2

3.2.12

04/06/2019

Performance improvements for .csv report creation
Flexibility towards unknown warning codes to support new assay plugins

3.2.9

19/11/2018

Bugfix in user authorisation setttings

 3.2.8

24/10/2018

Update of the Terms of Use and Data Protection Agreement

 3.2.7

21/09/2018

- Improvements in the analysis speed
- Improvements in the results display
- More features for custom exports
- Bugfix in QC module (only relevant for a very specific set of assay plugins)
- Improvements in the support of the Agilent Mx3005P device
- Additional quality check on used colour compensation files

 3.2.2

15/06/2018

For the ViiA7, Quantstudio 5, Quantstudio 5 Dx and Quantstudio 7, an exact match is now required between the channels in the datafile and the channels defined in the assay plugin to ensure the correctness of the multicomponent data.

When a new lot was added to an assay that made use of lot and target specific Cq cutoffs, it was no longer possible to see the cutoffs per target after the lot was added. This information can now be found in the lot section of the assay.

Information on the splash screen was updated conform the ISO regulations.

Improved error logging

3.2.0

25/05/2018

What's new in FastFinder 3.2?
- Four new devices are also supported: BMS micPCR, Quantstudio 5 and Quantstudio 5 Dx.
- Multistage mean calculations for QC follow up.
- Lab-configurable logout time.
- Marking of samples to be repeated or for review.
- An overview per target in the pdf report.
- The layout of the resolve functionality is updated to resolve items faster.
- Analyses can be sent to support directly from the archive to share information in a secure way.

For more information, consult the detailed user manual which you can find in the Help module.

 

Release notes 3.1

3.1.9

19/11/2018

Bugfix in user authorisation setttings

3.1.8

24/10/2018

Update of the Terms of Use and Data Protection Agreement

3.1.7

21/09/2018

- Bugfix in QC module (only relevant for a very specific set of assay plugins)
- Improvements in the support of the Agilent Mx3005P device
- Additional quality check on used colour compensation files

3.1.4

19/04/2018

1) For control samples in which contamination has been detected, the suggested result in the Resolve tab was formerly set to 'Positive'. This has been modified and is now set to 'Contamination' to be more correct.

2) The assay plugin versioning system has been updated to be less restrictive so that more assay plugin can have the same major version number (e.g. when the order of mixes or channels have been modified).

3) Optimalisation of curve computation of BioRad CFX files including the handling of multiple dye calibrations.

These issues have been fixed in the update 3.1.4

3.1.2

08/03/2018

1) If a laboratory has enabled the QC module, the Cq values could be wrongly displayed in the QC overview of the analysis. In addition, when creating a PDF report of the analysis containing QC results, a Cq value could be shown in the QC overview for all targets, not only the ones with a positive result. These issues only occurred in combination with specific assay plugins.

2) In case both qualitative and quantitative assays are analysed on the same plate, the standard curves graphs cannot be consulted since the introduction of the default graph settings per laboratory.

These issues have been fixed in the update 3.1.2

3.1.0

07/02/2018

What's new in FastFinder 3.1?
- Manage subsets to allow multiple assay configurations for the same assay on one plate.
- Configure a file watcher that lists all experiments that still need to be analysed.
- Create exports of the QC module.
- Configure the overall results table and default graph settings in the Settings module.
- Reject all samples with the same name in case a problem was noticed with that particular sample.
- Visualise in-run negative controls and reference curves from other runs during your analysis.
- Remove QC outliers to correct for bias in the calculation of floating means and standard deviations.
In addition, specific behaviour for FDA cleared assay plugins is foreseen.

For more information, consult the detailed user manual which you can find in the Help module.