Production environment

When study design and development are complete, use the CIS integrated production environment to:

Test the flow of metadata and clinical data between the product components.
Run a live integrated study.

In an integrated production environment, the CIS synchronization functionality enables the transfer of study metadata and clinical data between the CIS server and the InForm server. Study metadata and clinical data transfer between the CIS server and the Clintrial software server over an OLEDB connection.

The following diagram illustrates the components of the CIS production environment.

CIS - Environment Production - Neptune

Component	Purpose
InForm clinical data input	Enter, update, and monitor clinical study data in the InForm software.
Central Designer software	Create a study deployment package and deploy it to the InForm database.
InForm application server	Execute all InForm study activities.
InForm Server Adapter	Provide a secure web service interface for interactions between the InForm Adapter interfaces and the InForm application server.
InForm study database	Store study metadata and clinical data for an InForm study
InForm reporting database	Store study management and clinical data for reporting on an InForm study.
Customer-defined database	Store clinical data in a custom format.
Reporting and Analysis	Design and execute custom and predefined reports on InForm clinical and administrative data.
InForm Adapter interfaces: InForm Adapter Service InForm Adapter Central Administration InForm Adapter Transaction interface	Pass requests between CIS and the InForm Server Adapter.
CIS Administration application	Configure the CIS environment and monitor synchronized protocol connections.
CIS Admin database	Store CIS administrative data.
CIS Central Admin and adapters	Perform CIS administrative activities and process transactions between the Clintrial software and the InForm software.
Clintrial client modules	Manage and analyze integrated study data.
Clintrial production database	Store protocol components, EDC study data, and paper-based study data.