Printing DCFs
Use the DCF Report to print one or more DCFs.
Oracle Clinical keeps track of each printing of a DCF, including the page content of each printing (see Tracking DCF Pages and DCF Print Status).
You can submit the report in three locations:
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From the Conduct menu, select Data Validation, and then select DCF Report (portrait)—for a vertical paper orientation
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From the Conduct menu, select Data Validation, and then select DCF Report (landscape)—for a horizontal paper orientation)
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From the Conduct menu, select Data Validation, then select Data Clarification Forms, and click the Print DCF button. (This produces a horizontal paper orientation.)
From any location, you can print one or more DCFs. The submission form is the same. It is possible to enter invalid criteria combinations. If you do so, the job will not work. Enter submission information as follows:
Single DCF ID
If you only want to print a single DCF, enter its ID here. A list of values is available.
If you want to print more than one DCF in the same DCF Report, you can use the next four fields in any combination to set criteria for the DCFs to include.
Batch Status for DCFs
If you want to print multiple DCFs with the same DCF status, choose the status from the list of values.
DCF Site
If you want to print multiple DCFs with the same site, choose the site from the list of values.
DCF Investigators
If you want to print multiple DCFs assigned to the same Investigator, choose the Investigator from the list of values.
Owning User
If you want to print multiple DCFs with the same owning user, choose the user from the list of values.
The rest of the report parameters apply to all DCFs included in the report:
DCF Print Status for This Run
(Mandatory) Enter the DCF Print Status to assign to this run of the DCF Report. A list of values is available. See DCF Print Status.
New DCF Status to Assign
Enter the DCF Status (different from the DCF Print Status) to assign to the DCF(s) following the execution of the DCF Report. For further information, see About the Parameter New DCF Status to Assign.
Print Released Discrepancies Y/N
(Mandatory) Discrepancies are "released" from a DCF in two ways:
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when they are resolved
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when the user explicitly removes them from a DCF (the DCF must have a status of SENT or higher). In this case, they are then available for inclusion in another DCF.
When you print a DCF Report, you may want to include discrepancies that have been released from the DCF, especially those that have been resolved.
If you want to print a closed DCF or a DCF from which all discrepancies have been released, you must set this parameter to Yes. No is the default value.
Print Header Page Y/N
(Mandatory) If Yes, the system prints the DCF Report with a leading header page that contains the selection criteria. Yes is the default value.
Start at Page 1 for each DCF Y/N
(Mandatory) If multiple DCFs are included in the report, you can choose to print them continuously or have each one start on a new page. This setting has no effect for reports on only one DCF.
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