Reporter information—field descriptions

Field/Control Name	Description
Reporter Notes	Click this button to enter free text notes relating to this reporter. This field supports multiple language entries. Click a flag, select the language tab, and enter information.
Institution	Enter the institution's name. This field supports multiple language entries. Click the multi-language icon to display the languages window, select the target language from the drop-down list at the top, and enter the text in the language fields.
Institution ID	Enter the reporter's institution ID. This field value is populated based on the Institution ID selected for the Reporter from the Reporter Lookup dialog box. This field also allows to manually enter or update the value directly in the Case Form irrespective of the value specified in the Institution field for the reporter. Manually entered Institution and Institution ID field values are allowed in the Reporter Information section even if they are not specified or linked to each other as per Console Institution code list.
Protect Confidentiality	If this checkbox is checked, the name and address of the reporter does not appear on regulatory reports and the reporter's information displays NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD. The MSK null flavor appears in the eVAERS report when this checkbox is checked. MSK is populated only when the data element contains some data and is not null.
Primary Reporter	Only one primary reporter is permitted per case. The primary reporter is the reporter whose name appears on the regulatory reports. The tab that identifies the primary reporter is displayed in blue as compared to the other reporter tabs.
Correspondence Contact	If this checkbox is checked for a reporter, the reporter's address information is used in letters. You can select more than one reporter as the correspondence contacts for the case.
Reporter ID	If known, enter the Reporter ID. This completes the Case Form reporter fields.
Reporter Type, Report Media, and Intermediary	These lists are maintained by the administrator.
(New) Tab	Creates details for a new reporter.