Plan a run

The following steps describe how to use Planned Run templates and Planned Runs that fit into your sequencing workflows.

Decide on your sequencing application and sequencing product (such as an Ion AmpliSeq™ panel).
Select a preinstalled Planned Run template with defaults for your application and sequencing product, or create a custom Planned Run template from scratch to customize your Planned Run.
Create new Planned Runs from Planned Run templates, adding the names of the samples to be sequenced.
Use Planned Run templates and Planned Runs to enter run information through Torrent Suite™ Software instead of directly on the sequencing instrument. The use of Planned Run templates and Planned Runs reduces the chance of errors and wasted runs, reduces setup time on the sequencing instrument, and increases instrument throughput.
Start the run on the sequencer.
On the sequencer, information for a Planned Run is applied to the current Run Info screen automatically, or by selecting the Planned Run from a list of Planned Runs. You can also overwrite (change) Planned Run information directly on the sequencer.