Components—Main user interface window

1

Title bar

Top horizontal line of the main window. Displays:

• Study—Study name.
• Location—Title of the currently selected page.
• Subject ID—Currently selected subject number and initials, if any.

  Note: In all places where both the subject number and initials appear in the user interface, the order is always the Subject Number and then the Subject Initials, separated by a slash.

  The information in the title bar may change as you navigate through the user interface. When you select a new page to navigate to, the Title bar updates with the new page name. Additionally, a highlight appears behind the icon that represents the page you are currently viewing.

2

Navigation toolbar

Horizontal row of icons below the title bar, each representing a different section of the user interface. The icons that appear in the toolbar depend on your role and rights.

• Home—Click to navigate to the main user interface window, or, if applicable, to the Home page designed for your study (for example, the InForm Portal application).
• Enroll—Click to screen and enroll a candidate.
• Subjects—Click to view the Case Report Books page that displays the status of forms and visits for each subject and lets you navigate to specific subjects and visits.
• Queries—Click to view and work with queries.
• Monitor—Click to source verify data.
• Signatures—Click to sign a form or case report book.
• Review—Click to open the Data Viewer to view and work with a real-time overview of study data across visits and sites.
• Reports—Click to open the Reporting and Analysis module.
• Deployment—Not shown. Click to open the Deployment page to schedule and initiate automated deployment tasks. This icon is available only to sponsor users with the Study Deployment right.
• Documents—Click to open the study-specific documentation is a separate browser window.
• Admin—Click to open the Admin user interface.

Note: The controls in the navigation toolbar allow you to navigate throughout the InForm application. The controls are always visible and do not change, so you can move easily from section to section.

3

Subject control

Use to search for a subject or to navigate through the Time and Events Schedules and CRFs based on an ordered list of subjects within a site.

This control is always visible. For more information, see Subject search and navigation.

4

CRF history icon

Displays a scrollable drop-down list of the 10 most recently viewed CRFs by the logged in user. To navigate to a CRF, click its name in the list.

This control is always visible.

5

Help icon

Displays links from which you can open the InForm User Guide or the Cognos reporting documentation.

6

Logout icon

Logs you out of the study.

7

Picture or study logo

Displays the Change Password page so that you can view or update your password or password recovery information.

8

User name

The name of the currently logged in user.

9

Content pane

The center of the main window displays the screen for the current activity; for example, summary lists, forms, details of queries, comments, audit trails, and reports.

The bottom of the pane displays contents that vary depending on the information in the content pane.

10

Home page Go controls

Use the Go controls on the study Home page to navigate directly to the CRFs for a specific subject and visit.

The study Home page is the window that appears when you log in to the InForm application. The Go controls appear at the bottom of the InForm main window in the content pane. For more information, see Using the Go controls on the study Home page.