Uncountable’s Compare Similar tool makes it easy to detect and compare recipes with similar compositions within a single project or across all projects. Unlike the Compare page, which compares only manually selected recipes, the Compare Similar tool automatically identifies comparable recipes.
Using Compare Similar
To find recipes similar to a specific formulation, select the recipe from its Project Dashboard (1). Within the details sidepanel, and click “Similar” (2).
Alternatively, user can access the “Similar” dropdown menu to:
- Refine the search to focus on recipes within the current project
- Expand the search to include all projects within the current material family
- Configure Advanced Options, such as:
- Selecting the number of experiments to display
- Setting whether or not to ignore current filters
- Setting whether or not to ignore ingredient categories or subcategories
- Setting whether or not to include identical experiments
Compare Similar Formulations Page
The Compare Similar page functions the same as the Compare page, but with recipes automatically selected. It displays the selected recipe in the first column of the data grid, followed by the ten most similar formulations (or the configured number) arranged from most similar to least similar, moving left to right.
Each column provides details on the inputs, calculations, and measurements for each formulation. This layout makes it easy to detect and analyze similarities and differences at a glance.
Display Settings
The Compare Similar page Display Settings also mirror those on the standard Compare page. To configure what is included on Compare Similar, click the “Display Settings” button in the top left corner. From this modal, users can:
- Collapse Base Columns: Removes the left-most header column.
- Show Organization Columns: Adds an additional organization column.
- Show Actual Values: Adds an additional Actual Values column for each recipe in view.
- Expand Test Samples: Includes test sample columns.
- Expand Replicates: Includes replicate columns.
- Expand Mix Steps: Adds row for mix steps.
- Expand Lots: Includes lots columns.
- Enable Compare vs Base Experiment: Highlights all values in a row that differ from the base experiment value.
- Show Expanded Ingredients Section: Includes an expanded ingredients section at the top of the page.
- Show Recipe Notes: Includes a recipe notes row at the top of the page.
- Freeze Header Columns: Fixes header columns to keep them visible when scrolling left and right.
- Vertical Recipe Names: Displays recipe names vertically vs horizontally.
- Show Row Statistics: Includes row statistics, when applicable.
- Recipe column value source: Set to default or select a specific calculation to compare between recipes.
- Column calculations: Select column calculations to include.
- Ignored condition parameters: Factor out specific condition parameters in the comparison.
- Replicate Display Mode: Set whether or not to display replicates as columns or rows, when applicable.
