The Scouting tab


Introduction

A scouting scheme is a series of runs where chosen variable values are varied. You can define up to 99 runs in a scouting scheme. When a method is run with scouting, the method is automatically repeated for each selected run in the scouting scheme. Typically, scouting will vary one or more variables in a series of runs, for example, flow rate or elution gradient. See Scouting for instructions on how to set up a scouting scheme, and How to perform a scouting run.

Note: The Scouting tab is available only if the method contains variables.


Example of a scouting scheme

The illustration below shows a scouting scheme for six flow rates and different pH values:

Note: The Edit Variable... button on the Scouting tab opens the same Edit Variables dialog box that can be accessed from the Variables tab.


2005-06-15