What are data mappings?

Data mappings define how study data in an InForm study is passed to specific table columns in a Clintrial database. Designing and implementing data mappings that meet your data transfer and reporting needs, and updating mapping definitions as necessary when metadata definitions change, are critical to the successful implementation of an integrated or hybrid study.

Mapping definitions specify:

Where each mapped data point comes from in the source InForm study.
The CONTEXT data appended to all Clintrial study data panels.
The target panel and item in the Clintrial database that corresponds to each data point.
Optional, supplemental text about the design of the components of the Clintrial mapping definition.
Master-detail relationships.
Subset items and values.
Block key and page key values.

When deploying a study from the Central Designer software, you can create multiple mapping definitions and save them. Then, you can specify which set to use when:

Deploying a package from the Central Designer software.
Creating a synchronization connection in CIS Administration.

For information about using the Central Designer software to generate CIS-specific mapping definitions, see Working with mappings from the Central Designer software.

Note: Before you can synchronize an InForm study to a Clintrial protocol, you must install mappings into the InForm study by executing a Central Designer deployment package. For more information, see the Central Designer guide Working with Study Objects.