Learn when its best to use protocols to initiate experiments and when using blank experiment pages can be useful

Let start by defining 'Protocol' and 'Experiment page'

Use Cases

Using protocols for initiating experiments can prove useful whether you have repeatable procedures or routinely performed actions.
When starting an experiment from a protocol, instead of writing everything from scratch, all required information is already present in the experiment page.

We’ve gathered a few use cases to demonstrate scenarios in which using protocols or blank experiments is recommended:

R&D Lab

In the early stages of developmental work, when the procedure is not yet defined, use a blank experiment page to document your work. Once you’ve achieved a fine-tuned procedure, you can save the experiment as a protocol to create a predefined template for the initiation of future experiments.

QC Lab

Analysis methods performed in QC labs are well-defined and thus best suited for protocols. Employing protocols is the most efficient way to ensure repeatability and enforce structured data input, especially when using the Form element.

CRO

As a CRO, you can create protocols by using the form element to document customers’ information and have a protocol for each type of provided service. Experiments initiated from these protocols can be saved under a Labguru project that represents the customer (as shown above, in the CRO projects use case)

Generally, the best practice recommended by the Labguru team is to use protocols as predefined templates.