Inventory [Enterprise]

Track the locations, contents, and experimental histories of your physical samples.

23 articles in this collection
Written by Reed Molbak, Michael Wu, Nima Jelveh and 3 others

Overview

What is Inventory?

Get started with high level inventory concepts in Benchling

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Configuration

Configure Location Schemas

Configure your fridges, freezers, shelves, racks, and more to model your lab's set up.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Set up Inventory

Configure Inventory schemas and set up your locations to match your physical lab.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Create Locations in the Registry

Build out the location hierarchy for your fridges and freezers, including their shelves and racks, to model your lab.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Configure Box and Plate Schemas

Set up boxes and plates that you use in your lab.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Configure Container Schemas

Configure the types of containers your lab is using

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Using Inventory

Search your inventory

Use inventory search to find containers, container contents, and content fields

Written by Ashoka Rajendra
Updated over a week ago

Create and move samples in the Benchling UI

Create samples and track their locations within the Inventory Application in Benchling

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Create boxes and plates

Create boxes and plates to store and track your samples in the lab.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Move a box or plate

Move a box or a plate with only a few clicks

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Move a single batch or entity to a container (Single Container Creation)

Track your samples directly from your Entity or Batch page.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Create new containers and fill samples within the box or plate page

Bulk create and fill containers within boxes

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Consume your Samples and Containers

Learn how to consume containers from a plate in the Benchling UI

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Move samples from one Box / Plate to another

Find out how to easily move samples from one box or plate to another with just a few clicks.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Transfer Tables in Notebook Entries

Use this powerful notebook feature to add your Registry items into Inventory Plates, Boxes, and Locations

Written by Michael Wu
Updated over a week ago

Checking out containers

Check out containers to designate them as in use

Written by Ashoka Rajendra
Updated over a week ago

Reserving containers

Reserve containers that are planned to be used in the future

Written by Ashoka Rajendra
Updated over a week ago

Importing Legacy Data

Upload Inventory information via spreadsheet upload

Spreadsheet uploads are the most flexible way to input sample management - especially for legacy data from before you used Benchling.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Label Printing

Configure printers for label printing

Choose and set up a Benchling-compatible printer for inventory labels

Written by Tara Lee
Updated over a week ago

Create labels for printing

Create label templates and labels for containers or entities.

Written by Reed Molbak
Updated over a week ago

Set up the Zebra Browser Print application

Print directly from Benchling without configuring your printer.

Written by Bianca Endo
Updated over a week ago

Print labels for storage

Print labels directly from Benchling

Written by Tara Lee
Updated over a week ago

Print labels for registered entities

Track registered items with labels

Written by Ashoka Rajendra
Updated over a week ago