Cloning lots can be used in several situations. Receiving a New Shipment of an existing lot, opening a new vial of control with an open expiration date, etc. Please review our Manage Control/Reagent lots article for more examples. (Note: A retired lot cannot be cloned.)

This example will walk you through cloning a lot to enter a New Received Date for a New Shipment.

1 Navigate to the Instrument page and select the Instrument you need.

2 Click "Edit Lot" for the Control/Reagent.

3 Click here to expand the lot information (if needed).

4 Click "Clone Lot"

5 Click the "Date Received" field.

6 Select the Received Date for the New Shipment.

7 Edit all optional fields within the lot to match the details for this shipment.

8 Click "Save"

9 The cloned lot with the New Received Date appears at the bottom of the list. You can Click the arrow to expand the lot details.

10 Notice the new Received Date and other edited details.

11 Click "Select" to make this Shipment your Used or Linked lot for completing Tasks.