Annotated form previews

Inline CRF annotations

• If selected—The annotations described below.
• If not selected—Titles or RefNames that appear in square brackets.

The annotated forms display RefNames if Show Object RefNames is selected and titles if Show Object RefNames is not selected.

Item formats

• Text—A plus maximum character length (for example, A128).
• Integer—N plus maximum field length (for example, N3).
• Float—Significant digits and decimal places. The decimal point is included as a character in the length of an item. For example, if the length of a float item is 5 and the precision is 0, the annotation appears as xxxx. (the decimal point appears).

Captions on compound items

A caption for the parent item of a compound item appears with the alignment specified on the Layout tab.

Hidden, ReadOnly, or Editable display overrides

The word hidden, read-only, or editable appears in square brackets below the item question.

Minimums and maximums for integer and float items

Specifications set in the MinProperty, MinValue, MaxProperty, and MaxValue item properties are represented as values and operators and listed along with the item format. For example, the notation is 2.0 <= xx.xx < 100.0 if:

• MinProperty—GREATERTHANEQUAL
• MinValue—2.0
• Float length—5
• Float precision—2
• MaxProperty—LESSTHAN
• MaxValue—100.0

Date time items

Required and unknown specifications appear in the date and time controls, and year ranges appear in parentheses following the controls.

Required items

An asterisk appears after the item number. In the grid view of fixed repeating sections, an asterisk appears in the column header for each required item.

Items that require source verification

For an item in a form or non-repeating section, a check mark appears under the item number.

Repeating sections that require source verification

A check mark appears in the following locations:

• For a repeating section—Under the number in the repeating section header row.
• For a fixed repeating section—Under the # symbol in the fixed-item section header.

Items that are critical for source verification

For an item in a form or non-repeating section, a check mark inside a circle appears under the item number.

Items that are source-verification critical are also source-verification required, so these items show only the check mark inside the circle and not an additional check mark denoting their source-verification required status.

A footnote indicates that settings for critical source verification that are made in the InForm application override settings made in the Central Designer application.

Collapsible items

A collapsible item icon () appears after the item RefName.

Note: In the InForm application, a collapsible item is called a dynamic control.

Key items

A key icon appears under the item number.

Base units

A superscript b in square brackets appears to the right of the control for the base unit.

Repeating forms and sections

A summary item layout containing top-level items appears (for example, the children of compound items and conditional items do not appear), followed by a form layout.

Fixed repeating sections

A fixed item icon () appears after the item number.

The following views appear:

• Grid view containing a column for each top-level item and, for each fixed item, a row for each combination of item and codelist items. Depending on the definitions that exist in the study, column headers show the short question in the specified locale, the long question in the specified locale, or an empty cell.
  • For a hidden item, the text in the column header is grayed out.
  • The cell for a blank instance of a fixed or non-fixed item is grayed out and includes a blank icon ().
• Data entry preview containing controls for each fixed item.

Associated forms

The name of the associated form, if it exists, appears at the bottom of the annotated form.

Codelist Values and Tables

Annotations on the form for codelist controls that are formatted as radio buttons or checkboxes. The data type and value appears in square brackets and italic font to the left of each option (for example, [N:1] indicates an integer data type and a codelist item value of 1). Data types are:

• A—Text
• F—Float
• N—Integer

Additionally, this section includes a table that lists the specifications of each codelist and codelist item along with the title or RefName of the item with which they are associated.

The table displays RefNames if Show Object RefNames is selected and titles if Show Object RefNames is not selected.

Include All Codelist Control Types option:

• If selected—The codelist table includes all codelist formats.
• If not selected—The codelist table includes only codelists that are formatted as a drop-down list.

Study Object Description Tables

A table that lists the type (Form, Section, or Item), title or RefName, and description for the form and any sections or items that the form contains.

The table displays RefNames if Show Object RefNames is selected and titles if Show Object RefNames is not selected.

If Only Show Properties with Values is selected, the study object description table lists only study objects that have descriptions.

Coding Summary Tables

A table that lists verbatim, dictionary, coding item, and context item data for each item that is coded.

The table displays RefNames if Show Object RefNames is selected and titles if Show Object RefNames is not selected.

RDE Analytics Tables

A table that displays the titles or RefNames, table column names, and data types that are generated in the InForm Reporting Database Extract (RDE) for each data object in a form. The format of each table column name consists of the RefName of the data object, concatenated with a suffix that depends on the data object type.

The table displays RefNames if Show Object RefNames is selected and titles if Show Object RefNames is not selected.

For more information, see RDE Analytics tables in the Annotated Study Book.

Data Series Summary Tables

A table that lists the following information for each data series:

• Item number, based on the order of the item in the form.
• Item title or RefName, depending on whether Show Object RefNames is selected.
• Mapping RefName.
• Data set alias if available, otherwise RefName.
• Data series alias if available, otherwise RefName.
• Data series type.

Show Object RefNames

• Uses study object RefNames, rather than titles, to identify study objects. The following areas are affected:
• The RefName for a form or section is appended to the form or section title that is displayed in the annotated form header. RefNames are enclosed in square brackets.
• Items are identified with RefNames.
• Data tables that follow the annotated form use a column header of RefName instead of Title, and the column contains RefNames. However, the Data Series Summary Table always uses RefName to identify mappings and data sets, regardless of whether this option is selected.