What is an Annotated Study Book?

An Annotated Study Book is a form-by-form summary of the design of a study. Optionally, it includes a time and events schedule, a preview of each form, and selected annotations that list design details. Optionally, it includes a schedule of events, a preview of each form, and selected annotations that list design details. You can print an Annotated Study Book or save it to a PDF file and use it as a tool for reviewing the study design.

For details about how design information is displayed in an Annotated Study Book, see:

Annotated Study Book Options dialog box

Schedule of Events table in the Annotated Study Book

Field	Description
Element	If the study design uses study elements, they appear in the first row, and the study events in each study element are grouped under the study element columns. Note: The study element name for the special Screening and Enrollment visits is System.
Assessment	Study events are listed in study workflow order, as they appear in the workflow editor for the study design or study element. The heading of each visit column shows the study event title, short title (in parentheses), and visit type (in square brackets). Visit types: S—Scheduled D—Dynamic U—Unscheduled R—Repeating
CRF	Short title of each form, or blank if the ShortTitle property is not defined.
Visit Start Hours	The visit start hour appears for study events. The visit start hour is a calculated value based on the scheduling specified for the study workflow. The start hour for the special Screening and Enrollment visits is zero. If the first visit after the Screening and Enrollment visits is not scheduled in the study workflow, its start hour is also zero.
Forms	Identified with their translated names in the language in which the annotated study book is generated. If the translated name is not specified, the form title appears. This form identifier also appears on each annotated form in the annotated study book. Forms are listed in study workflow order, except that: Forms that occur in more than one visit are not duplicated. If a study design includes a Regulatory Documents or Visit Report form, those forms appear in the form listing but do not appear in the Time and Events table. A number in each visit column where the form appears indicates the order in which the form occurs in the visit. Special form types are indicated by a code that follows the form order number: C—Common DF—Dynamic RF—Repeating
Key	Codes used for special types of forms and visits.

RDE Analytics tables in the Annotated Study Book

RDE Analytics tables are listings of the column names that are generated when study data is extracted to the InForm reporting database.

RDE analytics tables in the Annotated Study Book

Field	Description
Data Variable	Title of the item for which the column names are generated, or RefName if Show Object RefNames is selected in the Annotated Study Book Options dialog box.
RD Column Name	Name of the column in the reporting database where the data will be inserted. Column names consist of the item RefName or the RefName concatenated with a suffix. All types of top-level items have a column with the suffix _ND to hold the reason that an item is not done or incomplete. The format of the other column names generated for an item depends on the type of item. For child items of compound items, the RefName of the parent and child items are concatenated before the suffix. If the RefName part of the generated column name exceeds 25 characters, an asterisk appears in front of the column name to indicate that it will not match the actual RDE output. A footnote explains the asterisk. If an item is used multiple times on a form, an asterisk appears in front of the column name to indicate that it might not match the actual RDE output. A footnote explains the asterisk.
Column Data Type	Data type of the column.
	Note: For each form, items that are outside of a section on a form and items that are in a nonrepeating section are included in a table. If a form contains a repeating section, each repeating section has its own table and the items in the repeating section are listed in the corresponding table for the repeating section.

Example of an RDE Analytics table and its annotated form