What you need
- A chromatography PDF report (Waters Empower / Agilent OpenLab / Thermo Chromeleon / Shimadzu LabSolutions all work)
- A ChromaParse account (free trial or an enterprise account)
The whole flow happens in your browser. No local install required. For on-premise enterprise deployment, see Enterprise.
Three-step flow
1. Upload the PDF
After logging in, click “New job” and drag the PDF in (or use the file picker). ChromaParse auto-detects the PDF type (layout + report family) and shows the matched template fingerprint.
If you see “Unrecognised layout”, that means this is a new report template. Free-trial users can request a human adaptation; enterprise users can route it through their private fingerprint library.
2. Review the mapping
ChromaParse shows a preview:
- Peak table — retention time, area, height, area-%, sample name, etc.
- Sample info — batch ID, method, injection volume, operator
- Method header — column, mobile phase, detection wavelength
Every peak row has a back-link icon on the right; clicking it highlights the corresponding location in the source PDF. This is the key to data integrity: every value is machine-traceable to the PDF.
3. Export
Supported output formats:
- Excel (.xlsx) — default, styled, with summaries
- CSV — pure data
- JSON — for programmatic consumption (LIMS / ELN integrations)
- PDF + index — original PDF plus a machine-readable index file for audit archive
Enterprise additionally supports direct LIMS API integration, batch async processing, and private fingerprint library management.
Next
- Audit trail — how value traceability works
- FAQ — what about scanned PDFs, multilingual reports, custom templates?