Data mappings for data extraction

Data mappings in the Central Designer application allow you to collect data parts separately and then group them in a way that makes sense. The ability to create mappings is similar to functionality in the InForm application. Data collected in the InForm application is saved in a database, but you must map data to a customer-defined database (CDD) in order to view the data in an organized way.

When you create a data series, you are prompted to provide a title, RefName, and alias for the data series. If an alias is present, it is used as the column name in the customer-defined database (CDD) or as the Clintrial item name in CIS mappings. If an alias is not present, the RefName is used as the column header. Because RefNames must be unique throughout a study, you must create an alias if the RefName is used by a study object. Data series aliases must be unique within a data set.

Checking for RefName and alias uniqueness is case insensitive; that is, the names BP and bp are considered identical.

CIS and CDD data mappings

You can create a data mapping when you design your study to define what your data will look like. When you create a deployment package, you choose the data mappings to include in the package, and the selected data mappings are deployed as CDDs in the InForm application.

You can also use mapping definitions to create CIS mappings. CIS mappings are used to transfer data from an InForm study to a Clintrial protocol using the CIS application.

SDTM data mappings

You cannot create complete SDTM data mappings with a data mapping in the Central Designer application; however, the ability to create SDTM data mappings is available as a Oracle Services offering.

Rules and data mappings

You can write a rule that references a data mapping, but you cannot use rules to manipulate data mappings.

Rule creation

Data mappings can also be used for rule creation.