The Lab Order Download FilesLab representatives are notified via email when a biologist Places a lab order. A Lab Representative then logs onto BioData, selects the lab orders of interest, and retrieves them. Typically, a lab will want to retrieve more than one lab order at a time. The selected lab orders are packaged together in a zip file that contains three tab-delimited files. Files delivered in downloaded zip file The "yyymmdd_tttt" component of the file name is set to reflect the date and time when the lab orders were retrieved. - A list of the lab orders: file name: "USGS_BioData_Lab_Orders_yyyymmdd_tttt"
- A list of containers for the lab orders: file name: "USGS_BioData_Containers_yyyymmdd_tttt"
- A list of the sites where the samples were collected: file name: "USGS_BioData_Site_yyyymmdd_tttt"
The files can be related (linked) as follows: - The Lab Order file is related to the Containers file using LabOrderID (both files have LabOrderID in them).
- The Lab Order file is related to the Site file using SiteNumber
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