About the Global Library

The Global Library is the central repository for the objects that compose data collection definitions for clinical studies. In addition, you can store standard versions of the study collection objects for reuse in other studies. You can define separate domains, or namespaces, within the Global Library for different purposes, and you can classify objects in the Library to provide guidance for their use.

These are the definitions you manage in the Global Library:

• Questions — The elementary units of data collection comprising data point.
• Question Groups — A group of questions that have a logical relationship to each other that you usually collect together.
• Discrete Value Groups — A list of the valid responses to a question.
• Data Collection Modules— Organize question groups into the sets that are collected together.
• Data Collection Instruments — Organize data collection modules to facilitate data entry from Case Report Forms.
• Extract macros, Where clauses, key templates, view templates, and view definitions — Allow user-defined data extract and data browse.

The Global Library provides the facility to create and copy certain objects, as well as storing them. You can also define their required and recommended usage of the library objects for particular types of clinical studies and the tools for monitoring compliance with these standards.

See the Oracle Clinical Creating a Study guide for more information.