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Entries and Protocols

Create entries

Create an individual Notebook entry, not from a template.

Written by Ilyssa Evans
Updated over a week ago

Create entries from templates

Create a new Notebook entry from a template.

Written by Ilyssa Evans
Updated over a week ago

Create and attach protocols to entries

Create protocols, which can be attached to Notebook entries.

Written by Ilyssa Evans
Updated over a week ago

Export an entry

Export a single entry from your Notebook.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Export data from Notebook, Registry and Inventory

How to export data from your Benchling Notebook, Registry or Inventory

Written by Andrew Collins
Updated over a week ago

Share an entry

Create and share a read-only link to an entry in the Notebook.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Add authors to a Notebook entry [Enterprise]

Add other users to your Notebook entry as authors to enable collaboration.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Move or copy files

Manipulate a single file or multiple files in bulk.

Written by Roger Pellegrini
Updated over a week ago

Create projects as repositories for shared resources

Create repositories for shared lab resources like protocols, primers, sequences, and more.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Clone an old version of an Entry [Industry + Academic]

Clone an old version of an entry, protocol or metadata

Written by Ryan Whitney
Updated over a week ago

Entry Features

Format your entries

Add rich formatting to your Notebook entries by using headers, changing font colors, and creating lists.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Use date inserts

Add and modify date inserts in your Notebook entries to organize your data and link entries to your calendar.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Enable the table of contents

Use the table of contents in your Notebook entry to enable easy navigation of your experimental data.

Written by Saif Hakim
Updated over a week ago

Mention sequences and other entries in your Notebook

Link files directly to your Notebook entry by @-mention them.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Insert file attachments

Insert attachments, such as PDFs, Office files, or images, into your Notebook entry.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Mention users in entry

Collaborate with and notify other users by @-mentioning them in your Notebook entries.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Notebook Templates

Create entry template collections

Create collections of entry templates to help you standardize entries across sets of experiments and set permissions.

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Create entry templates

Create a single entry template to help standardize Notebook entries.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Manage Access to Notebook Templates

Set permissions to edit, view, and use your Notebook Templates by Template Collection

Written by Nima Jelveh
Updated over a week ago

Tables

Use tables in Notebook entries

Use tables in a Notebook entry and perform calculations, carry out advanced functions, and take advantage of selectors.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Expand or collapse a table in an entry

Written by Andrew Collins
Updated over a week ago

Copy formulas into Benchling

Transfer your formulas from Excel and Google Sheets to Benchling

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Use "LOOKUP" in Benchling tables

Written by Hannah Park
Updated over a week ago

Version History

Access the version history for an entry

View the comprehensive version history for a Notebook entry.

Written by Hoang Ha
Updated over a week ago

Restore an old version of an entry

Restore a previous version of an entry from the entry's version history.

Written by Hoang Ha
Updated over a week ago

Witness and Review [Industry]

Add auditors for Notebook reviews

Add auditors to a project in order to send reviews to them.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Send entries for review [Enterprise]

Send Notebook entries for review and automatically notify auditors to take action.

Written by Nishant Neel
Updated over a week ago

Learn the review flow [Enterprise]

Familiarize yourself with the flow for Witness and Review.

Written by Roger Pellegrini
Updated over a week ago

Entry Schema [Enterprise]

Select an Entry Schema for an Entry [Enterprise]

Choose an entry schema for your entry to add searchable, predefined tags and information

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Search Notebook Entries by Entry Schema Fields [Enterprise]

Search across all your Entries by tags in Entry Schema field values

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago

Benchling Sync

Install the Benchling Sync desktop app [Enterprise and Benchling Gold]

Install the Benchling Sync desktop app for your Notebook.

Written by Rachael DeVries
Updated over a week ago

Use Benchling Sync to edit file attachments on your desktop [Industry and Benchling Gold]

Use the Benchling Sync desktop app to edit files attached to an entry and seamlessly sync changes back to your Notebook.

Written by Saif Hakim
Updated over a week ago

FAQ

Notebook & Inventory Merge [Academics]

Written by Johnny Truong
Updated over a week ago

Notebook & Inventory Merge [Industry and Enterprise]

Written by Andrew Collins
Updated over a week ago

Notebook FAQ

Get answers to frequently asked questions about features in the Benchling Notebook.

Written by Stefan Siegfried
Updated over a week ago