10 Empower CDS Terms Every Analyst Should Know – check your knowledge:

1️⃣ Instrument Method – defines system parameters for data acquisition (flow rate, wavelength, etc.).

2️⃣ Processing Method – integrates chromatograms, builds calibrations, and performs calculations.

3️⃣ Method Set – links methods related to one analysis; must include at least an instrument method to acquire data.

4️⃣ Sample Set Method – defines injection order and relevant settings (vial number, sample name, run time, method set).

5️⃣ Sample Set – the set of raw data acquired using the Sample Set Method. Includes Injections and Channels.

6️⃣ Channels – single raw data files, e.g., chromatograms, system pressure.

7️⃣ Result Set – the set of integrated and calculated chromatograms processed with a Processing Method.

8️⃣ Results – individual result files, integrated and calculated from channels.

9️⃣ Report Method – template for presenting data, performing simple calculations, and signing results.

🔟 Sign Off – electronic signature performed in reports and linked to results.