> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Requesting lab work

> Ask for the tests you need and get the results through the app, with no WhatsApp in between.

Lab work isn't a questionnaire — it's a **request**. You write down what you're asking
for, your athlete gets the tests done and sends the results back through the app.
Everything stays on their profile, alongside the rest of the coaching history.

<Note>
  That's why a lab request has **no question builder**. There's nothing to ask: there's
  something to request.
</Note>

## Building the request

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Forms → Lab work">
    The tab sits next to Intakes and Feedback.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click New request">
    Give it a name — it's what your athlete sees in the notification and in their list.
    E.g. "Semi-annual hormone panel".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the tests, one per line">
    You can paste a list you already have. Each line becomes a numbered item on your
    athlete's screen, so they can check them off one by one at the lab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Attach the lab form, if you have one">
    Optional. Accepts PDF, images and Word documents (DOC/DOCX), up to 20 MB.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add instructions">
    Also optional: fasting, collection time, insurance, deadline.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  You can request **by writing the list only**, **by attaching the form only**, or both.
  What you can't do is leave both empty — that would be a request that asks for nothing.
</Tip>

## Sending it to an athlete

Same as the other forms: on the athlete's profile, **Assessments** tab → **Lab work**
sub-tab → **Request lab work**.

And the same three ways to send:

| | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Now** | Goes immediately. Your athlete gets the notification. |
| **On a date** | Goes out on the morning of the day you pick. |
| **Repeat** | Every N days, weeks or months — with no expiry date. |

<Note>
  Repetition is what handles routine follow-up: a panel every 6 months gets scheduled
  once and you never have to remember it again. It stops on its own when the athlete
  leaves.
</Note>

The **Upcoming sends** block shows what's still scheduled, with **Edit** and **Cancel** —
just like intakes. See [sending a form](/en/send-intake) for the detail on each option.

## Lab work doesn't compete with the others

This is the difference that matters, and it's worth knowing so it doesn't surprise you
later.

When an intake and a feedback fall in the same month, **the feedback yields** — they ask
about the same things, at different depths.

**That doesn't happen with lab work.** Asking for blood tests doesn't compete with asking
how the month went, so an intake and a lab request in the same month both go out.

<Note>
  Lab work also **never locks workouts**, not even when you schedule it. Only the intake
  locks, and only when it comes from a rule.
</Note>

## What your athlete sees

<Steps>
  <Step title="The notification">
    It arrives as **"New lab work requested"**, with the name you gave it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The request">
    The numbered list, your instructions and a button to open the lab form.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sending the results">
    They attach by taking a photo on the spot, picking one from their gallery, or
    grabbing the PDF the lab emailed them. They can send more than one file and add a
    note.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  They can deal with it later. Until they send it back, a **marker stays on their home
  screen** — tapping it reopens the request right away.
</Tip>

A request only leaves "waiting" **with a file attached**. An accidental tap won't mark
it as delivered: if it did, the request would disappear from their list and you'd be
waiting for results their profile already shows as received.

## Seeing the results

On the athlete's **Lab work** sub-tab, the send shows up as **"Results received on
\[date]"**. Click to open it.

The file shows up **on screen**, with nothing to download: a photo of the results is
displayed in full, and a PDF opens inside the window itself. "Open in a new tab" takes
you to the full file, to zoom in or print.

<Note>
  Results also show up under **Forms → Answers**, switching to the **Lab work** tab —
  handy when you want to see everything that came in across your whole roster, rather
  than one athlete at a time.
</Note>

## Accepted formats

| | Accepts |
| - | - |
| **The lab form** you attach | PDF, images (JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC) and Word (DOC, DOCX) |
| **The results** your athlete sends | PDF and images (JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC) |

Both go up to 20 MB per file.

<Tip>
  The lab form accepts Word because plenty of them are typed up in Word. Results don't:
  labs don't issue Word documents, and anything arriving that way would be harder for you
  to open on your phone.
</Tip>


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