Using DCI Books

If your site enforces the use of DCI books by enabling the study configuration parameter Initiate DE Session Using DCI Book, then the study default DCI book displays automatically when you select an option from the Data Entry menu. DCI books help you organize the DCIs required for a study. You can put all required DCIs in one book or use several.

If your site has enabled CRF page tracking, then the use of DCI books is required. Page tracking is defined through DCI books. Even if CRF page tracking is enabled for a study, you can turn it off for individual DCIs.

Note:

In a flexible study, where not all CRFs or visits are required for every patient, there is no indication in Oracle Clinical data entry of whether or not a visit or DCI is expected for a particular patient--unlike Oracle Clinical's Remote Data Capture (RDC) Release 4.6+, where visits and CRFs are displayed and CRFs are enterable only if they are expected.