Design tab of the Form Editor or Section Editor—Option descriptions

Repeating

Indicates that the form or section is repeating. Multiple instances of the same set of data appear in the form or section.

Common (forms only)

Indicates that the form is common. The same data is visible in all study events that contain the form.

Fixed (sections only)

Indicates that the section is a fixed repeating section containing static text that repeats for each instance of the item.

Keys (toolbar button and icon for repeating forms and sections only)

• For a repeating form with no sections, opens the Keys dialog box, in which you can define key items.
• For a form with one or more repeating sections, displays a drop-down list of repeating sections. Selecting a section opens the Keys dialog box, in which you can define key items.

Fields

Codelist

Applies to text, float, and integer items only.

Drop-down list with available codelists for the item. Available codelists are all of the codelists in the study or library with the same type as the item.

Conditional On

Title of the item on which the current item is conditional. The drop-down list in this column contains items that contain a codelist. If the current item is conditional on one of the items in this column, the current item provides additional data about one of the options in the codelist. For more information, see Conditional relationships between items.

Conditional Value

Code and label of the codelist item on which the current item is conditional.

Data Label

Description

Description of the item. The description can have 0-255 characters.

Display Override

Item Properties

Contains an Edit link, which you can click to open the Item Properties dialog box. If you navigate to the field using the Tab button, you can open the dialog box by pressing the spacebar.

Item Required

Indicates that the item is required.

Key

For key items, displays icons and numbers that indicate:

• Type of key item uniqueness (None, Individual, or Group).
• Order of the items in the drop-down navigation list that appears in the summary view of a repeating form in the InForm application.

In the InForm application, key items are used to make it easier to navigate among the instances of a repeating form and to enforce data uniqueness in specific items.

Length

Applies to text, float, and integer items only.

Length of the item.

Allowed values:

• Text items—1 to 2000.
• Float items—1 to 18.
• Integer items—1 to 10.

Locked

Indicates that the item is locked.

MaxProperty

If a MaxValue is specified for the item, indicates whether the value can be less than or less than or equal to the MaxValue.

MaxValue

Maximum value that the InForm application will allow to be typed for the item.

MinProperty

If a MinValue is specified for the item, indicates whether the value can be greater than or greater than or equal to the MinValue.

MinValue

Minimum value that the InForm application will allow to be typed for the item.

Modified

Indicates that the item has been modified and has not yet been saved.

New

Indicates that the item is new and has not yet been saved.

Protected

Indicates that the item is protected.

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.

RefName

RefName of the item.

Revision

Revision number of the study object.

SDV Critical

Indicates that the study object is considered critical for source verification. If you select SDV Critical, SDV Required becomes selected as well.

SDV Required

Indicates that the study object must be source verified in the InForm application.

ShortQuestion

Text of a short version of the item question. In the InForm application, the short question appears as a column heading in a repeating form, an itemset, and in reports generated by the Reporting and Analysis application. The short question can have 0-255 characters. Certain words are reserved for an item short question. For more information, see Reserved words for an item short question.

Special Fields

Type of special InForm field, or None, indicating that the item is not a special InForm field. Available special fields, along with the forms in which they appear, are:

• Initials (Screening).
• DOB (Screening).
• Screening date (Screening).
• Patient No. (Enrollment).
• Initials (Patient Identification.
• Completion status (Study Completion).
• Drop-out reason (Study Completion).
• DOV (Date of Visit).
• Randomization field (Randomization).

For more information, see About special InForm forms.

Title

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

Type

Item type; one of the following, or a custom item type defined in a library to which the study has access:

• Blood pressure
• Compound
• Date time
• Float
• Integer
• Text
• Yes No

Version

Version number of the study object. The version number is incremented only when a user explicitly updates it.