Step 4h: Create a randomization form (Optional)

Why create a randomization form?

The randomization form has a randomization item that holds a sequence and drug kit number that is generated by InForm randomization processing.

In order to populate the randomization item with the sequence number and drug kit, contact your study's rule developer to create a randomization rule and any additional required components.

1. At the bottom of the Project Explorer, click the Visit Schedule () button.
2. In the Project Explorer, right-click the visit you want to add the form to, select New, and select Form.
3. Enter a title, RefName, and description, and click OK.
4. In the Project Explorer, right-click the form, select New Section.
5. Enter a title, RefName, and description, and click OK.
6. Create the following item in the section:

   Randomization (optional)

   1. Make sure the Design tab is selected.
   2. In the grid, enter the following, and press the Tab key to navigate through the columns:
      • Type—Text Item
      • Title—Internal name for the item. You can choose to see study object titles or RefNames in the Project Explorer by using the Options drop-down list at the top of the Project Explorer. The Title can have 1-63 characters.
      • RefName—Internal reference name for the study object.
      • Question—Item question that appears on the form. The question can have 0-1000 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?. If you enter a customized label or translation for the item, it overrides the Question text.
      • Short Question—In InForm, the short question appears as a column heading in a repeating form, an itemset, and in reports. The short question can have 0-255 characters. Certain words may be reserved for this field. For more information, see Are there words I can't use in an item's Question or Short Question?.
   3. In the Item Properties column, click the Edit link, and enter the following:
      • Length—Maximum number of characters (including the decimal point) that a user can enter for the item.
   4. In the Project Explorer, select the item.
   5. Click the Properties tab, click in the Special Fields drop-down list, and select Randomization field (Randomization).

7. Create a layout for your form:
   1. In the Project Explorer, select the form.
   2. Select the Layout tab, and click the Create Layout button in the middle of the page.
   By default, the layout for the form uses the study-level styles that you or your study administrator configured. If you want to change the form's appearance, or the appearance of one or more of its study objects, see Set the default appearance for a single form and its study objects (form-level styles) and Set the appearance of a single study object (control styles).

Tip:

We recommend that you contact your study's librarian to add this form to a library for reuse across studies. For more information, see the User Guide.