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Availability

All items with a codelist.

Return type

String (for Central Designer string types).

Description

Returns the text value of the selected radio button or item in a drop-down list.

If a value is not selected, the rule stops running.

Purpose

This property prevents you from needing to memorize codes for codelist items and drag codelist item aliases. For example, if you have a Route of Administration drop-down list for medications and you are using the FDA codes, Spinal corresponds to 356. You can write the expression in the following way:

value = (this.itmRouteOfAdministration.Value == 356)

However, this expression requires that you know the value of the code. This property allows you to write the expression in the following way:

value = (this.itmRouteOfAdministration.ValueLabel == "Spinal")

Alternatively, you can perform multiple rule actions:

value = this.itmRouteOfAdministration.ValueLabel

when value is "Spinal"...

when value is "Oral"...

when value is "Intravenous"...