Sample-Drawing Procedure 
Definition
A master data object in which you plan the drawing of physical samples. In the sample-drawing procedure, you specify:
- Which categories of physical samples must be drawn
- How many physical samples must drawn
- The size of each physical sample
- Whether the drawing of physical samples must be confirmed
Use
The system uses the information in the sample-drawing procedure together with the information in the inspection plan to calculate the physical sample sizes, and to create physical-sample records when an inspection lot is created.
Structure
A sample-drawing procedure contains the following types of information:
The sample drawing header contains the following information fields and control indicators:
- Key that identifies the sample-drawing procedure
- Short text description for the sample-drawing procedure
- Authorization group that limits the access to the sample-drawing procedure
- Text for matchcode searches
- Long text indicator
- Indicator for calculating the number of physical samples on the basis of number of containers in the inspection lot (as opposed to the base unit of measure)
- Confirmation indicator to activate or deactivate the confirmation requirement
- Lock indicator to prevent the sample-drawing procedure from being used
- Usage indicator that shows whether the sample-drawing procedure is currently used in an inspection plan
A sample-drawing item contains specific instructions for creating physical samples with respect to a specific inspection lot container type and specific partial-sample numbers in the inspection plan. In a sample-drawing item, you can also specify:
- Which categories of physical samples you want to create (primary samples, pooled samples, and reserve samples)
- The physical sample container you use to draw each category of physical sample
- A factor to increase the quantity of physical samples to be created (for example, if you need to carry out more than one inspection)
- The number of physical samples to be created (fixed number or variable number based on a sampling scheme)
Integration
The sample-drawing procedure interacts with the following planning objects:
You assign a sample-drawing procedure to an inspection plan to activate the functions for sample management.
- Sampling scheme (optional)
If you want the system to determine the number of physical samples automatically on the basis of a sampling scheme, you can reference sampling schemes in a sample-drawing procedure.