1. User Guide
  2. Option and property descriptions
  3. Forms, items, codelists, and codelist items
  4. Item Properties dialog box—Option descriptions

Item Properties dialog box—Option descriptions

Options for the compound or blood pressure item type

Option Description
Title Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Default Question Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field.

Options for the float item type

Option Description
Title Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Default Question Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field.
Base Unit The unit for which a measurement is stored in the repository.

Note:

If you are using RDEs in Oracle InForm, do not edit the unit definition for an item that was already deployed to Oracle InForm. Instead, to prevent downstream RDE issues, create a new item with the updated unit definition, and replace each instance of the existing item with the new item.
Conversion Units One or more optional units in which a user can enter a measurement. A conversion unit value is converted to the base unit when stored in the study database.

Note:

If you are using RDEs in Oracle InForm, do not edit the unit definition for an item that was already deployed to Oracle InForm. Instead, to prevent downstream RDE issues, create a new item with the updated unit definition, and replace each instance of the existing item with the new item.
Length Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.

Note:

When a float item is deployed to an Oracle InForm study, the decimal point counts in the length, and you must account for the decimal point when designing the float item. For example, in the Oracle InForm application, the largest number that can be entered in a field that has a length of 4 and a precision of 1 is 99.9.
Precision Number of required characters following the decimal point.
Codelist Settings -
Codelist List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.
Subset Assign a codelist subset to the codelist selected in the Codelist drop-down list for the item.
New Create a new codelist on the item.
Edit Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.
Subset Select a subset of codelist items to add to the codelist.
Codelist Settings
  • Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
  • Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.

Options for the date time item type

Option Description
Title Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Question Text of the question in the specified language. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field.
Date Time Component Setting -

Year

Month

Day

Hour

Minute

Second

 When selected, this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) can be made visible on the form if it is marked as visible in the Layout tab.
  • Required—(Selected by default for Year, Month, and Day) When selected, this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) is required.
  • Allow unknown—A data-entry user can mark this part of the date time item (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, or Second) unknown. An entry marked unknown is considered completed.
Year Range -

Start Year

End Year

 First and last year in the drop-down list for the year range for the item. The year range is available only when the Year component is selected.

Options for the integer or yes no item type

Option Description
Title Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Default Question Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field.
Base Unit The unit for which a measurement is stored in the repository.

Note:

If you are using RDEs in Oracle InForm, do not edit the unit definition for an item that was already deployed to Oracle InForm. Instead, to prevent downstream RDE issues, create a new item with the updated unit definition, and replace each instance of the existing item with the new item.
Conversion Units One or more optional units in which a user can enter a measurement. A conversion unit value is converted to the base unit when stored in the study database.

Note:

If you are using RDEs in Oracle InForm, do not edit the unit definition for an item that was already deployed to Oracle InForm. Instead, to prevent downstream RDE issues, create a new item with the updated unit definition, and replace each instance of the existing item with the new item.
Length Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.
Signed Value Reserved for future use.
Codelist Settings -
Codelist List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.
Subset Assign a codelist subset to the codelist selected in the Codelist drop-down list for the item.
New Create a new codelist on the item.
Edit Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.
Codelist Settings
  • Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
  • Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.

Options for the text item type

Option Description
Title Title of the item. The title can have 1-63 characters.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Default Question Default question for the item. This question appears on the form if no customized label or translation is defined for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field.
Length Maximum length of the data that a user can enter into the item, including the values before and after the decimal point.

Note:

Enter a value of less than 4,000 characters if you anticipate that this item's data will be sent to Data Management Workbench.
Codelist Settings -
Codelist List of existing codelists or the name of a new codelist that you type.
Subset Assign a codelist subset to the codelist selected in the Codelist drop-down list for the item.
New Create a new codelist on the item.
Edit Edit the codelist on the item. If the item does not have a codelist, this option is not available.
Subset Select a subset of codelist items to add to the codelist.
Codelist Settings
  • Select Single Value—A user must select only one codelist item.
  • Select Multiple Values—A user can select multiple codelist items.

Parent topic: Forms, items, codelists, and codelist items