Product

Introduction to Optional Software

• Fingerprint verification option: Biometric user authentication
• CLASS-Agent Report:CLASS-Agent report-generation tool
• CLASS-Agent Web Manager:CLASS-Agent Web browsing system

Fingerprint Verification Option

Biometric user authentication

This optional software allows user CLASS-Agent verification using fingerprint verification.
This software conforms with US FDA 21 CFR Part 11 (Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures ^{* Supplement}) biometric verification rules that is an important topic for the pharmaceutical industry. Fingerprint verification eliminates the tedious requirement to enter passwords and solves the problems of passwords leaking to other parties. The sophisticated ID and password management system considerably reduces the workload of the system administrator.

• Biometric Fingerprint Verification System
  Instead of user authentication using conventional user ID and password, this system uses fingerprint information to recognize and authenticate users.


• More convenient
  The user simply places a fingertip on the fingerprint reader for user authentication. This eliminates the troublesome tasks of saving and periodically changing IDs and passwords.


• Enhanced security
  Conventional IDs and passwords can be leaked to other people. Fingerprint verification prevents the stealing or sharing of IDs and passwords to ensure reliable user authentication. Fingerprint information is protected in a sophisticated security environment by SecuGen 128-bit encryption algorithm technology and Shimadzu's unique key encryption.
  


• Compatible with the Shimadzu User Authentication Tool
  Compatible with the CLASS-Agent Series, LCsolution, GCsolution, and UVProbe.

Operation Flow

Operating Environment

The following software and hardware is required to run fingerprint verification:
1. CLASS Agent Manager Ver.2.3, or higher
2. USB 1.0 conformity
3. Fingerprint reader (manufactured by SecuGen)

CLASS-Agent Report

CLASS-Agent report-generation tool

CLASS-Agent Report is a newly developed report-generation tool that applies the CLASS-Agent sophisticated export functions.
CLASS-Agent Report can save efforts to generate reports using analyzed data from Microsoft Excel®. It saves effort and complies with the US FDA 21 CFR Part 11 (Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures) rules.

• Simple System Configuration
  Report templates can be created quickly by reusing existing Excel® worksheets. The templates created can be easily registered in the database using the Database Registration Tool to be managed securely.
  


• Efficient Report Generation
  Simply select analysis data and report template registered in the CLASS-Agent database to automatically generate a report. This eliminates manual input and saves the efforts of report generation and checking.
  


• Automatic PDF Creation
  A PDF file is automatically created when the Excel report file is created.
  The PDF files offer excellent portability and can be efficiently transferred as electronic reports.
  


• Automatic Database Registration
  The generated reports are automatically registered in the database for secure storage. Required reports and analysis data can be rapidly searched using the accompanying information that is automatically registered at the same time as the report.
  


• Supports Electronic Signatures
  Standard CLASS-Agent Manager functions can apply electronic signatures to reports.


• Common Operations Regardless of the Analytical Instrument
  Once data is registered in CLASS-Agent, reports can be generated by identical operations, whether the instrument is an HPLC or GC.
  

Outline

Operation Flow

Continuous, automatic management in the CLASS-Agent database for templates and reports.

Template Registration Window

The CLASS-Agent Report registers the created Excel® templates to the database.

Example of a Created Report

Operating Environment

The following software is required to run fingerprint authentication:
1.CLASS Agent Manager ver.2.3, or higher
2.Microsoft Excel® 2000,XP,2003,2007
3.Adobe Acrobat 5,6,7,8

CLASS-Agent Web Manager

CLASS-Agent Web Browsing System

Installing the optional CLASS-Agent WebManager in the server PC permits browsing of the analysis data, without the need to install special browser software in the client PC. The data saved in the CLASS-Agent database can be browsed using only Internet Explorer®.
This permits not only low-cost system configuration but saves significant work on software validation after upgrades.

System Configuration

CLASS-Agent Web Manager retrieves the data designated by the Web Client from the database, converts it to a format (HTML) that can be displayed by Internet Explorer®, and returns it to the Client when requested.
The Web Server and Database Server can be hosted on the same PC or on different PCs.
There is no limit on the number of PCs that can browse the data.
Data can only be browsed by users registered in the CLASS-Agent User Manager.

Operating Environment

CLASS Agent Manager ver.2.3 or higher is required to run CLASS-Agent Web Manager.