Empower Tip: Review Window and the Processing Method

Wouldn’t it be nice if when you bring raw data into Review the peaks were integrated and named without having to open the Processing Method, click Integrate, and Calibrate or Quantitate? Well, Empower can be set up to do just that and it’s easy.

We start out in Review with an injection of a sample. In the lower portion of the window, the Method Set and Processing Method are both Untitled.

From the Options menu select Method Set Options.

The Method Set Options dialogue box opens. This lets you pick a Method Set that will be automatically applied to the data when you open Review. The Method Set you select must contain a Processing Method for this to work properly. The first option tells Empower to open and apply the Acquisition Method Set, or in plain terms, the Method Set used when you injected the samples.

The second option tells Empower to open and apply a specified Method Set. This option requires that you select a Method Set from the list.

Check the box that says Automatically Apply Method Set and click OK.

Now, if we select the same injection and click View Data, the Method Set is automatically opened and applied. The peaks are integrated and named, and the name of the Method Set and Processing Method appears in the lower portion of the window.