Validation and deployment definitions

Baseline

A snapshot of all components in a study. Validation creates a baseline.

Baselines Browser

A browser in which you view the results of validation and make temporary baselines public so that other users can work with them.

Deployment

The process of sending a study to a target application. To collect data, a study must be deployed into a target application as a complete deployment package.

Jobs Browser

A browser in which you view the results of asynchronous jobs, such as validation or import.

Study validation

The process of checking the status of a study to indicate if the study is ready for deployment. The study validation process determines whether all essential components exist and are consistent.

Target application

The application (for example, the InForm application) on which a completed deployment package runs.