Item Properties dialog box—Option descriptions

Title

Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.

RefName

RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.

Default Question

Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.

Title

Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.

RefName

RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.

Default Question

Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.

Base Unit

The unit for which a measurement is stored in the repository.

Conversion Units

One or more optional units in which a user can enter a measurement. A conversion unit value is converted to the base unit when stored in the study database.

Length

Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.

Note: When a float item is deployed to an InForm study, the decimal point counts in the length, and you must account for the decimal point when designing the float item. For example, in the InForm application, the largest number that can be entered in a field that has a length of 4 and a precision of 1 is 99.9.

Precision

Number of required characters following the decimal point.

Codelist Settings

Codelist

List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.

New

Create a new codelist on the item.

Edit

Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.

Codelist Settings

• Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
• Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.

Title

Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.

RefName

RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.

Question

Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.

Date Time Component Setting

Year

Month

Day

Hour

Minute

Second

When selected, this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) can be made visible on the form if it is marked as visible in the Layout tab.

• Required—(Selected by default for Year, Month, and Day) When selected, this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) is required.
• Allow unknown—A data-entry user can mark this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) unknown. An entry marked unknown is considered completed.

Year Range

Start Year

End Year

First and last year in the drop-down list for the year range for the item. The year range is available only when the Year component is selected.

Title

Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.

RefName

RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.

Default Question

Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.

Base Unit

The unit for which a measurement is stored in the repository.

Conversion Units

One or more optional units in which a user can enter a measurement. A conversion unit value is converted to the base unit when stored in the study database.

Length

Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.

Signed Value

Reserved for future use.

Codelist Settings

Codelist

List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.

New

Create a new codelist on the item.

Edit

Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.

Codelist Settings

• Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
• Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.

Title

Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.

RefName

RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.

Default Question

Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.

Length

Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.

Codelist Settings

Codelist

List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.

New

Create a new codelist on the item.

Edit

Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.

Codelist Settings

• Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
• Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.