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title: "Tutorial - Move and Dispose Container"
slug: "tutorial-move-and-dispose-container"
updated: 2026-09-09T14:06:08Z
published: 2026-09-09T14:06:08Z
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# Tutorial - Move and Dispose Container

## Introduction

In this tutorial, you will learn how to move or dispose of two plates.

## Prerequisites

              Required permissions

              

**Sample Processing** role is required to access this workflow.

## Workflow

### Job Creation

[Create a new job](/public/docs/jobs-overview#create-a-job) and select the `Move & Dispose Container` workflow.

### Requesting

- Select **Plate** as the Source Type.
- Specify Request from **Text**.
- Copy and paste the plate names in the text area: **PTEST001:PTEST002** (plate names can be separated by colons or line breaks).
- Click `Add IDs` to confirm. The plates are listed in the added requests.
- Click `Next`.

### Sourcing

The Sourcing page will confirm that the requested operations are compatible with the source plates (see the `Sourced` column).

- Click `Next`.

### Storing

The [Storing step](/public/docs/jobs-overview#storing) allows you to assign a location to the items involved in the job.

- Click `Assign Location to Selected` to move the plate location.
- Select **Paris** and click `Select` to confirm your choice. If you want to dispose the plates, select the `Garbage` location instead.
- Click `Next`.

A message box asks if you want to increment the Thawing Cycle of the plates. Click `No` to continue.

### Pipe & Close

The [Pipe & Close step](/public/docs/jobs-overview#pipe-close) provides a summary page where you can review the job and optionally pipe it to another workflow. For this tutorial, click `Close & Quit` to finish the job.