A portable optical analysis device, comprising: a controller portion, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: automatically selecting an analysis profile related to performing an optical interrogation of a sample from a portfolio of analyses stored in the memory of the device based on a value of a parameter or a rule, wherein the selected analysis profile is suited to a particular sample environment based on a determined location in a facility; initiating the optical interrogation based on the analysis profile; receiving an optical response to the optical interrogation of the sample; in response to analyzing the optical response, determining a result of the optical interrogation of the sample; and indicating information corresponding to the sample based on the result of the optical interrogation of the sample, via an indicator portion of the controller portion and a probe portion being flexibly connected to the controller portion to allow the probe portion to deflect relative to the controller portion, comprising: an optical interface configured to perform the optical interrogation of the sample. a controller portion, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: automatically selecting an analysis profile related to performing an optical interrogation of a sample from a portfolio of analyses stored in the memory of the device based on a value of a parameter or a rule, wherein the selected analysis profile is suited to a particular sample environment based on a determined location in a facility; initiating the optical interrogation based on the analysis profile; receiving an optical response to the optical interrogation of the sample; in response to analyzing the optical response, determining a result of the optical interrogation of the sample; and indicating information corresponding to the sample based on the result of the optical interrogation of the sample, via an indicator portion of the controller portion and a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: automatically selecting an analysis profile related to performing an optical interrogation of a sample from a portfolio of analyses stored in the memory of the device based on a value of a parameter or a rule, wherein the selected analysis profile is suited to a particular sample environment based on a determined location in a facility; initiating the optical interrogation based on the analysis profile; receiving an optical response to the optical interrogation of the sample; in response to analyzing the optical response, determining a result of the optical interrogation of the sample; and indicating information corresponding to the sample based on the result of the optical interrogation of the sample, via an indicator portion of the controller portion and automatically selecting an analysis profile related to performing an optical interrogation of a sample from a portfolio of analyses stored in the memory of the device based on a value of a parameter or a rule, wherein the selected analysis profile is suited to a particular sample environment based on a determined location in a facility; initiating the optical interrogation based on the analysis profile; receiving an optical response to the optical interrogation of the sample; in response to analyzing the optical response, determining a result of the optical interrogation of the sample; and indicating information corresponding to the sample based on the result of the optical interrogation of the sample, via an indicator portion of the controller portion and a probe portion being flexibly connected to the controller portion to allow the probe portion to deflect relative to the controller portion, comprising: an optical interface configured to perform the optical interrogation of the sample.