STANDARD Mask Format

The STANDARD mask is the format used by default when a new data file is created.

The following table lists the expected order of column values for each record, with the first ten characters (1-10) allotted to the first column value, the second ten characters (11-20) allotted to the second column value, and so on. Certain columns are mandatory.

Table 7-1 Default Batch Data Load Fields

Name Position/Type Description Mandatory?
Investigator 01:10 CHAR Investigator No
Site 11:20 CHAR Site No
patient 21:30 CHAR Patient Yes
document_number 31:50 CHAR Document Number: Leave document _number blank if your location uses document number derivation (see "User-Defined Identifier Handling" in the Oracle Clinical Application Programming Interface Guide). Otherwise, leaving it blank causes errors loading multiple DCMs/DCIs at once. If given, document number is used even with the document number derivation defined. No
clin_plan_event_name 51:70 CHAR Clinical Planned Event Yes
subevent_number 71:72 NUM

Subevent Number

*This column is mandatory if there is no value for dci_date.

No*
dci_date 73:80 CHAR

Visit Date (YYYYMMDD): dci_date = dcm_date, and dci_time = dcm_time; if dci_time= null, both dci_time and dcm_time = null.

Note: Do not enter zero to represent an unknown part of the date (for example, 20110000). Instead, leave the date partial (for example, 2011).

*This column is mandatory if there is no value for subevent_number.

No*
dci_time 81:86 CHAR Time of Visit (HHMMSS) No
dci_name 87:116 CHAR DCI Name Yes
dcm_name 117:132 CHAR DCM Name Yes
dcm_subset_name 133:140 CHAR DCM Subset Name Yes
dcm_question_grp_name 141:170 CHAR Question Group Name No
dcm_question_name 171:190 CHAR

Question Name

Note: Before adding a question, make sure that it is not derived. You can check by navigating to Glib, Questions, and then Questions and querying for the question.

Yes
dcm_que_occ_sn 191:193 NUM

Question Occurrence Sequence Number

(0 if none)

Yes
repeat_sn 194:196 NUM

Repeat Sequence Number

(1 if no repeats)

Yes
value_text 197:396 CHAR Value Text for the question. If the question has a default value, repeating or non-repeating, provide user data here if it is not provided. No
data_comment_text 397:596 CHAR Data Comment Text No
qualifying_value 597:666 CHAR Qualifying Question Value Text, if applicable. Qualifying value is mandatory if required by DCM definition; it is ignored otherwise. No
Study 667:681 CHAR Study No