Katalyst: Preventing accidental edits to finalized experiments

Description

• Finalized experiments represent an immutable record in many organizations.
• If reopening or editing finalized experiments is allowed, there is a risk of accidental changes to data that should remain locked.

Solution

• Use Katalyst’s finalize and reopen controls appropriately:
  • Finalize:
    • Apply when data capture and review are complete.
    • Locks critical fields and, depending on configuration, may prevent new analytical data.
  • Reopen:
    • Restrict this action to administrators or specific roles.
    • Use only when genuine corrections are needed (e.g., mis‑assigned wells).
• Best practices:
  • Configure permissions so general users cannot reopen finalized experiments.
  • Maintain an audit trail for reopen and re‑finalize actions, including who did it and why.
  • For significant corrections, consider cloning an experiment and documenting that the original remains as historical context.