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Allows the user to set the way that reference codes are used in each area of the system.
There are options for Stocks, Orders, Waste containers, Consignments and Sealed Sources. Each area can either have an automatically generated code or can be typed by the user. The format can be:
| YY | inserts the year as a two-digit number |
| Y | inserts the year as a letter starting with A=2000 |
| MMM | inserts the month as a three-letter name |
| MM | inserts the month as a two-digit number |
| M | inserts the month as a letter starting with A=JAN |
| DD | inserts the day of the month as a two-digit number |
| 0000 | inserts a counter of the specified number of digits |
| A000 | inserts a counter of the specified number of digits with a letter representing the first digit |
| WC | inserts the waste type code, for waste only |
| ISO | inserts the radionuclide symbol, for waste only |
Counters (0000/A000) increment automatically. When used in conjunction with a year, month or day, they will reset to 1 each time the year/month/day changes.
For stock sub-samples there are further options:
| Create a new reference | a new reference is created in a format identical to the stock reference |
| Use suffix XXXX – 1 | the parent reference is used, and a -1 (-2 -3 -4) is added for each child |
| Use suffix XXXX / 1 | the parent reference is used, and a /1 (/2 /3 /4) is added for each child |
| Alternate alpha/numeric | the parent reference is used and an alternating character or number is added so that a reference 1234 becomes 1234A, then 1234A1 etc |