AGS Chemical

Contam Data System allows the management of analytical results for the determinands defined in the CNMT pick list detailed in the AGS document, Electronic Transfer of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Data, 3rd Edition of November 1999. The pick list amounts to some 417 pre-set determinands but the system allows this to be added to by the user.

The Contam Data System provides a means of entering chemical analytical results, together with project and sample reference information. It allows the data to be recalled for editing and amendment. Checking is carried out from result sheets, which can be either previewed on screen or printed as required.

The Contam Data System will generate an AGS format file to contain the key fields in the Group table CNMT and the common fields, ‘Test Result’ and ‘Test Result Unit’ .

The system is intuititve and easy to use. It will prompt for data using tabbed entry. Data is entered in a spreadsheet format with cursor movement possible along rows or columns. These scroll past headings, obviating the need for a zoom facility to see a wider array of data.

The precise list of deteminands shown on the data entry screen is user selectable and stored as pre-set groups. This makes entry quick and effective, and prevents errors from data being entered into incorrect fields.

Data within the entry screen is capable of being cut, copied, pasted and deleted in accordance with standard Windows procedures including to and from Excel spreadsheets.

Data can be saved at any time and edited at any subsequent period.

A data management routine provides backup, copying and renaming of analytical results and user defined determinand pick lists