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Documentation

The product documentation is available from the following locations:

All documents may not be updated for every InForm release. Therefore, the version numbers for the documents in a release may differ.

InForm documentation

Document

Description

Release Notes

The Release Notes document describes enhancements introduced and problems fixed in the current release, upgrade considerations, release history, and other late-breaking information.

Known Issues

The Known Issues document provides detailed information about the known issues in this release, along with workarounds, if available.

Upgrade and Migration Guide

The Upgrade and Migration Guide provides instructions for upgrading and migrating the InForm software and InForm Portal software to the current InForm release, and for upgrading the Cognos software for use with the Reporting and Analysis module.

Secure Configuration Guide

The Secure Configuration Guide provides an overview of the security features provided with the Oracle® Health Sciences InForm application, including details about the general principles of application security, and how to install, configure, and use the InForm application securely.

Installation Guide

The Installation Guide describes how to install the software and configure the environment for the InForm application and Cognos software.

Study and Reporting Setup Guide

The Study and Reporting Setup Guide describes how to perform the tasks that are required to set up an InForm study and configure the Reporting and Analysis module for the study.

User Guide

The User Guide provides an overview of the InForm application including details on multilingual studies, how to navigate through the user interface, and how to use the application to accomplish typical tasks you perform while running a clinical study.

Reporting and Analysis Guide

The Reporting and Analysis Guide provides an overview of the Reporting and Analysis module. It includes a brief overview of the Reporting and Analysis interface, illustrates how to access the Ad Hoc Reporting feature, and describes the study management and clinical data packages available for Reporting and Analysis. It also provides detailed descriptions of each standard report that is included with your installation.

Reporting Database Schema Guide

The Reporting Database Schema Guide describes the Reporting and Analysis database schema, and provides information on creating Reporting Database Extracts (RDEs).

Portal Administration Guide

The Portal Administration Guide provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the InForm Portal software, and configuring and managing the InForm Portal application.

Utilities Guide

The Utilities Guide provides information about and step-by-step instructions for using the following utilities:

  • PFConsole utility
  • MedML Installer utility
  • InForm Data Import utility
  • InForm Data Export utility
  • InForm Performance Monitor utility
  • InForm Report Folder Maintenance utility

    This guide also provides reference information for the MedML elements and scripting objects that are used to import and export data to and from the InForm application, as well as sample data import XML.

MedML Installer utility online Help

The MedML Installer utility online Help provides information about, and step-by-step instructions for using, the MedML Installer utility, which is used to load XML that defines study components into the InForm database.

This guide also provides reference information for the MedML elements and scripting objects that are used to import and export data to and from the InForm application, as well as sample data import XML.

This document is also available from the user interface.

InForm Data Export utility online Help

The InForm Data Export utility online Help provides information about and step-by-step instructions for using the InForm Data Export utility, which is used to export data from the InForm application to the following output formats:

  • Customer-defined database (CDD)
  • Name value pairs

This document is also available from the user interface.

InForm Data Import utility online Help

The InForm Data Import utility online Help provides information about and step-by-step instructions for using the InForm Data Import utility, which is used to import data into the InForm application.

This document is also available from the user interface.

Clinical Data API Guide

The Clinical Data API Guide provides information about submitting data to the InForm application in InForm ODM format.

Third Party Licenses and Notices

The Third Party Licenses and Notices document includes third party technology that may be included in or distributed with this product.

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