Bika LIMS 3.0rc2 (Release candidate) (Feb 23, 2013)

Bika LIMS

This is not a final release. Experimental releases should only be used for testing and development. Do not use these on production sites, and make sure you have proper backups before installing.

2nd Bika Gaob LIMS 3 release candidate

For additional information about this project, please visit the overview page .

Available downloads

Python package index egg

For all platforms (5 MB)

Release Notes

Tested with Plone 4.2
State Release candidate
License OSI
Release Manager Campbell McKellar-Basset
Released 2013/01/21 00:00:00 UTC

New functionality in a Release Candidate...

From a post to the Bika user-list by project manager lemoene:

RC2 features new functionality from end 2012's Bika Health 3 dash, e.g. analysis batching and micro-biological interpretation formulas. Adding them should not have happened that late, delaying the production release, but then again we got sponsored and RC1 had that 98% feeling...

The Gaob Bika LIMS 3 alpha and release candidates have been downloaded more than 6500 times already and to encourage further uptake, Bika Lab Systems undertakes to make upgrade scripts available to convert data in RC 2 installations to the final Bika 3 production release.

Please also see Bika LIMS 3.0a1, 3.0a2, 3.0a3 and 3.0rc1 for the original Gaob Bika LIMS 3 release documentation, and the on-line demo

Bika 3 On-line demonstration installation

Installation guides:

Installing Gaob Bika LIMS 3 on Linux

Installing Gaob Bika LIMS 3 on Windows

Change log

The most prominent changes in this version are:

  • NEW
    Analysis Batching
    Micro-biological interpretation formulas
  • Many many bugfixes.
  • Updated all translations and added Brazilian Portuguese
  • RecordsWidget: subfield_types include "date"
  • RecordsWidget: Automatic combogrid lookups
  • Added all bika types to Search and Live Search
  • Transition SamplePartition IDs to new format (SampleType-nnn-Pnn)
  • Always handle non-ASCII characters: UTF-8 encoding everywhere
  • Accept un-floatable (text) results for analyses
  • Hidden InterimFields in Calculations
  • Added InterimFields on AnalysisServices for overriding Calculation Interimfields.
  • Disable KSS inline-validation
  • Categorized analyses in AR views
  • Added remarks for individual analyses
  • Improved Javascript i18n handling
  • Improved default permissions
  • New reports:

Data entry day book
Analysis summary per department
Analyses performed as % of total
Analyses per lab department
Samples received vs. samples reported
Daily Samples Received

    More about the Goab LIMS 3 code line at the v3.0a1 project, 3.0a2, 3.0a3, 3.0rc1 and on the front page of the on-line demo