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Step 1: Create an item to collect data on forms

  1. At the bottom of the Project Explorer, click the Items (Items) button, and expand the InForm Items folder.
  2. To the right of the Project Explorer, click the New button at the top of the workspace.
  3. From the drop-down list, select the type of item to add:
    • Blood pressure—To collect blood pressure information.
    • Compound—To create an item with one or more child items that can be different data types.
    • Date Time—To collect date and time information.
    • Float—To collect numerical values with decimal points, or information for a question with a codelist (a control such as a drop-down list, a set of checkboxes, or a set of radio buttons).
    • Integer—To collect numerical values without decimal points, or information for a question with a codelist (a control such as a drop-down list, a set of checkboxes, or a set of radio buttons).
    • Text—To collect alphanumeric information, or information for a question with a codelist (a control such as a drop-down list, a set of checkboxes, or a set of radio buttons).
    • Yes or No—To collect yes or no answers to questions. A Yes No item contains a predefined codelist with Yes and No options.
  4. Enter a Title, RefName, and, optionally, a Description of the item, and click OK.
  5. Select the new item and, above the grid, click the Columns button.

    You may have to scroll to the bottom of the items list to see the new item.

  6. Add the columns for the properties you want to configure for the item.
  7. In the grid, enter data in the columns, as needed.

    At the top of the grid, click the Properties button, add additional properties for the item, and click OK.

  8. Click OK.
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