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alias: experiment-definition-page
description: "This page provides a comprehensive view of experiment definitions, including details, instances, and related information"
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# Experiment Definition Page

:lock: ExperimentDefinition.**Show**

The **Experiment Definition** page displays general information on the specific **Experiment Definition**. In addition it enables you to perform all the operations that can be performed on a specific **Experiment Definition**.

## Details View

Depending on the optional modules that are licensed in the system, the **Details** view will display some or all of the following page sections:

* **Details** - displays general information of the **Experiment Definition**.
* **Objectives** - displays one or multiple pre-defined objectives for the **Experiment** according to your specification of the aim of the **Experiment**. The **Objectives** are presented along with their description (optional) and target value (optional).
* **Main Material Groups** - displays information about the **Main Material Groups** that were previously defined. It is possible to present the data as a List or Matrix by selecting the respective icon.
* **Instances** - displays a list of all the experiment instances associated with the specific **Experiment Definition**. These experiment instances were created based on the settings that were specified when creating the **Experiment Definition**.
* **Attachments** - shows the documents that are attached to the **Experiment Definition** and enables you to attach additional documentation to the **Experiment Definition**.

![experiment_details]

## Matrix View

The **Matrix** view allows you to have a global view on the assignment of sub-material groups (represented by numbers) and actions (within a step). It is especially recommended to use the **Matrix** view in case you want to see the correlation between the sub-material groups and the steps and actions.

In this view, you can collapse and expand Steps by selecting the arrow icon. If the State of the **Experiment Definition** is Created, you can also add Steps by selecting the :material-plus: icon. For more information, see [Step 5: Add Experiment Definition Step](../create_experiment_definition/#step-5-add-experiment-definition-step).

At each **Step**, it is also possible to Edit or Delete actions and the allocation of materials by selecting the **More** option in the **Matrix**.

!!! note
	To Edit or Delete, the State of the **Experiment Definition** must be Created.

By selecting any of the numbers, you have access to the following details on the right panel:

* **Experiment Definition**
* **Step**
* **Material Group**
* **Action**

![experiment_matrix_details]

!!! note
	For specific actions, information will also be displayed in the Action row itself (e.g. **Recipe** and **Flow Path**).

!!! note
	Different colors are associated to common groups of materials throughout the whole Step actions.

## References View

This view combines information concerning other objects that have references to the current object:

* **Relations** - displays the existing **Relations** between the **Experiment Definition** and other entities and allows you to edit them. For more information, see [Relations](../../general/screen-layout/page-sections/relations.md).
* **Where Used** - displays the set of relationships between the **Experiment Definition** and the other objects used throughout the system.

## History View

This view combines information concerning other objects that have references to the current **Experiment Definition** object:

* **History** - displays the history of the operations, associated information, user(s) performing the changes and date and time of the changes.

[experiment_details]: images/experiment_details.png
[experiment_matrix_details]: images/experiment_matrix_details.png