When you select Stain Management from the Administrative menu in the main menu bar, a list appears with all stains that have been added to the database. The list is laid out in table format with columns containing information pertaining to each stain. These columns vary according to how Aperio eSlide Manager has been configured, but all list views of stains contain:
Some identifying information unique to that stain, including short and long names, vendor name and catalog number, protocol number and comments, if any.
Edit and Delete links for modifying or removing each entry in the stain list.
An Add link for adding new stains to the list.
To configure how slides are sorted by stain in Aperio WebViewer, or how stains appear in reports, see Set the Stain Display Order.
On the Stain Management page, the Display Order field defines the order in which slides will appear in the Aperio WebViewer slide tray, within each specimen. This setting works in conjunction with the WebViewer Slide Tray Sort Order setting. This setting also defines the order slides appear in reports. For example, if the HER2 stain has a Display Order value of 1, slides using that stain will appear first for each specimen in the slide tray.
If your system is configured to manually set the stain display order, you can change a stain's display order by clicking Edit in the row for the stain, and changing the Display Order value in the Edit Stain window. If your system is configured to automatically set the display order, the display order is determined by the sort criteria you enter.
Use this configuration if you want to manually set the display order for each stain.
On the Stain Management page, click Configure Display Order.
Select Manually and click Save.
To change a stain's display order, click Edit in the row for the stain, type the new number in the Display Order field, and click OK. For example, if you want the H&E stain to appear first, type "1" in the Display Order field.
Use this configuration if you want to set the stain display order using sort criteria based on the Stain Management table.
On the Stain Management page, click Configure Display Order.
Select Automatically.
To configure the order that stains display, enter one or more rows of sort criteria in the table. To use a multiple-level sort, click Add Row to add one or more new sort criteria rows. The first row is the primary sort, the second row is the secondary sort, and so on.
Define your primary sort criteria:
In the Sort By column, select the data to use for the stain display order. Depending on your configuration, this might be "Short Name," "Vendor Number," etc.
In the Sort Order column, select ascending or descending.
If applicable, continue adding more rows of sort criteria.
To move a row up or down the list, use the arrows under Actions. To remove the item from the sort order list, click the X.