Overview of rules

Note: Rules are defined in the Central Designer application as part of the study design. You can view rules, modify some rule properties, and run the rules using the InForm user interface. Oracle recommends that all rule design and modifications be performed using the Central Designer application.

A rule is a script that specifies how data items are calculated or validated, and define automatic queries that are generated when a data item does not pass validation criteria.

The InForm application uses rules to:

• Provide validation checks on entered data.
• Perform calculations that automatically determine the value of data items based on the value of related data items.
• Convert data from the units in which it is entered to normalized units that other rules can reference.
• Randomize subjects in order to assign drug kits to them.