---
title: "Tutorial - Vial as Source Type"
slug: "tutorial-vial-as-source-type"
updated: 2026-09-09T14:04:22Z
published: 2026-09-09T14:04:22Z
canonical: "docs.discngine.com/tutorial-vial-as-source-type"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.discngine.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tutorial - Vial as Source Type

## Introduction

In this tutorial, we will first make a few copies of five liquid vials (100 uL – 10 mM), then, we will run the workflow again by querying specific batches and finding corresponding vials.

## Prerequisite

              Required permissions and setup

              

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

**Required system configuration:**

- Vial Type `1 Dram Vial`,
- Container Usage `Inventory`,
- Worklist Generator and Parser: `Standard (Container) (;)`

Those should exist by default in Sample application.

### Items

Containers and Locations created from Discngine Sample’s automation will be used:

- 5 Vials in Liquid state (100 µL, 10 mM)
- 1 Vial in Solid state (100 mg)
- Location `Paris`  

Automation is running during installation if “example_dataset” is set to true in the configuration file.

## Workflow

### Job Initialization

[Create a new job](/public/docs/jobs-overview#create-a-job) and select the `Vial Aliquoting` workflow.

### Requesting

- Select **Vial** as Source Type
- Choose Target Vial Barcode as **Generate New Barcode**
- Specify Request from **Text**
- Copy/paste the vial names in the text area: **VTEST011:VTEST012:VTEST013:VTEST014:VTEST015:VTEST001**  

Vials names can be separated by colons or line breaks.

              
              

Test vials 001 to 010 are solid, 011 to 020 are liquid. One of the requested vial is in a solid state and cannot be processed by this workflow.

- Click `Add IDs` to confirm. The Vials are listed in the added requests.
- Click `Next`. A warning message indicates that the incompatible vial will be ignored during processing, click `OK` to continue.

### Task Requesting

- Choose Source Selection Mode = **All sources**
- Target Type = **1 Dram Vial**
- Target Usage = **Sample**
- Select Number of Copy = **5**
- Target Volume = **10 μl**
- No Dilution
- Click `Add Task`
- Click `Next`

### Sourcing

The Sourcing page will confirm that the requested operations are compatible with the source vials (information in the `Sourced` column).

- Click `Next`

### Processing

For processing, requested tasks are translated into a worklist that you can feed to your robotic equipment.

- Select the **Standard (Container) (;)** equipment and set File Order to **By Request**
- Click `Generate worklist`

A worklist file appears in the Worklist Generator area. It contains the requested tasks to execute. The Worklist Parser area expects a file containing the information about the tasks that were actually completed. By default, the generated file is set in the Worklist Parser. For this tutorial, we assume that every task was completed successfully so we’ll keep this default file.

- Click `Copy Worklist`
- Click `Next` to propagate those change in the system.  

The tasks are processed in Sample application.

### Storing

The [Storing step](/public/docs/jobs-overview#storing) allows you to assign a location to the items involved in the job. First, for the output vials (vials created during the job).

- Click `Assign Location to Selected`.
- Select **Paris** and click `Select` to confirm your choice.
- Click `Next` to continue to the input vials. Here, we won’t change the input vials location.
- Click `Next`.  

You can increment the Thawing Cycle count of the input vials if necessary.

### 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. You can also pipe this job to another one, allowing you to immediately start a new job using the output or the input vials from this one. For this tutorial, click `Close & Quit` to finish the job.