# New Lab Test

Add a new lab test. Options are:

1. Field label
2. Test name
3. Lab section
4. Field type
5. Active

#### Field label

How the new lab test will be displayed on web pages.

#### Test name

Internal (private) name for lab test. Will not appear on web pages. Must be unique to particular lab section, and cannot contain spaces. Different lab sections can have the same test name.

#### Lab section

Which lab section does this test belong to. There must be at least 1 lab section already defined. If the lab test requires a results summary section it will needs to be registered under its own lab section name.

#### Field type

Options are checkbox, textbox and textarea:

- Select 'checkbox' for tests which are intended to carry request status information, eg new request, test pending, test complete.
- Select 'textbox' for tests intended to carry short summary information, such as dates, audit summaries, etc, up to about 20 characters in length.
- Select 'textarea' for fields intended to contain more extensive information, such as sets of intructions and details of any local modification of selected tests. NOTE: this field type changes the way information is displayed during the allocation of initial screen tests and should only be used for fields which are not tests themselves but are intended to display instruction-type information.

The field type can be edited later without any change to the information already contained in the test field. This parameter only affects the visual layout of information displayed in the templates.

#### Active

Flag for whether the test is currently active. Defaults to 'yes'. Can be switched on and off as required without loss of existing data. This parameter only affects whether the test is available at the time of test allocation on a new request.