Online booking

Operator assistance

In the "New Reservation" window, you are required to indicate whether you will need Operator Assistance during this appointment. The program will enter 'None' as the default. Leave the selection as 'None' if you will run your own samples on one of the analytical cytometers, and click "Save" to finalize your reservation.

If you do require operator assistance, change the selection from 'None' to 'Acquisition', 'Training' or 'Data Analysis'. Select 'Acquisition' for all cell sorter bookings, or if you want FCF staff to run your samples on an analytical cytometer. If you want a training session on an analytical cytometer, select "Training". If you want to schedule an operator to analyze date files that have already been collected, select 'Data Analysis'. This will be the only circumstance in which you do not book an instrument at the same time as the operator.

The primary Operator for each instrument is listed under "Notes" in the "New Reservations" window. The operators are also listed by name on the schedule calendar. To tentatively book an operator, make a second reservation for the primary operator of the instrument you have just reserved. Please make sure to put the name of the instrument for which you are reserving them in the "Summary" field at the bottom of the "New Reservation" window. If the primary operator is unavailable, you may book a reservation with one of the other operators listed if they appear to be available. Don't forget to book both an operator and an instrument (except if the appointment is for offline data analysis). If you fail to do so, the appointment will be deleted.