What is a collaboration note?

A collaboration note is a note that you attach to any study object, such as a project, study, study element, study event, form, or item. A collaboration note is like an electronic sticky note in which you include annotations, comments, messages, and file attachments. View the collaboration notes that are attached to a study object and, optionally, to its children, on the Collaboration Notes tab.

When you create a collaboration note, you must choose a type on which to base it. Collaboration note types are used to identify the type and purpose of a collaboration note. You can filter the view of collaboration notes in the Collaboration Notes Browser according to type.

For example, an administrator might create a collaboration note type called Information to provide important information about study objects in a study and a Usage note type to tell where a study object can be used.