Verbatims, context items, target items, and query target items

Characteristic	Verbatims	Context items	Target items	Query target items
Definition and purpose	A verbatim is the original reported text that describes the adverse event, disease, drug, or other item to be coded in the Central Coding application. You can create multiple coding maps for a verbatim. A verbatim can have: One or more target items. One or more context items. A coding map for each dictionary type.	A context item is an item that provides additional coding information, such as the indication and route of administration for drugs, that can be displayed with an item coded using the WHO-DD dictionary.	A target item is an item that holds a term, code, or additional information after a verbatim is coded. It is a target for one and only one verbatim per dictionary type. Target items can hold dictionary level information or additional information that is defined by a dictionary.	A query target item is an item in the InForm application that you designate as the item on which to place queries that are created in the Central Coding application. When a Central Coding user creates a query, the query appears on the query target item in the InForm application. You must assign each verbatim a query target when you create a coding map for the verbatim. Note: To select the verbatim item as the query target item, select <use verbatim> in the Assign queries to drop-down list in the New Coding Map dialog box.
Source or result item	A verbatim is a source item that provides information to the Central Coding application.	A context item is a source item that provides information to the Central Coding application.	A target item is a result item that receives a term or code from the Central Coding application.	A target item is a result item that receives a query from the Central Coding application.
Location in Project Explorer	Can be one of the following: Top-level item. Child of a top-level compound item. Child of a nested compound item.	Can be one of the following: Top-level item. Child of a top-level compound item. Child of a nested compound item.	Cannot be a child of a nested compound item. Must be one of the following: Top-level item. Child of a top-level compound item.	Cannot be the child of a top-level compound item, but can be the top-level compound item itself. Must be: A top-level item. Visible and available for editing in the InForm application. Items designated as query targets must not have the Display Override property set to ReadOnly or Hidden in the Central Designer application.
Conditional on another item	Can be conditional on another item.	Can be conditional on another item.	Cannot be conditional on another item.	Cannot be conditional on another item.

Requirements:

A verbatim (the item to code) and its target and context items must be on the same form.
If a form has a repeating section, all items referenced in the coding map must all be either in the repeating section or outside the repeating section.
All verbatims, context items, and target items must be text items. Query target items do not need to be text items.
You can map each verbatim to only one coding dictionary. For example, to code to both Japanese and English dictionaries for the same item on the form, you must create two verbatims on the form.
You can designate an item as a query target for only one verbatim.
If you select a query target item for a coding map, you can only deploy the study to a version of the InForm application that supports coding query targets. For more information, see the InForm documentation.

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