1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Customizing Data Entry Behavior
  3. Customizing the Display of a List of Values

Customizing the Display of a List of Values

A discrete value group (DVG) is a set of responses (answers) that are acceptable for a given question. In other words, a DVG constrains the response to a distinct list of values (LOV) that are valid for the question. Some examples of questions with a limited list of values are:

  • Gender: male, female
  • Heart exam: normal, abnormal, not done
  • Pain level: 1 (none), 2 (minor), 3 (moderate), 4 (severe), 5 (unbearable)

Using the DVG LOV STYLE setting in the local reference codelist, you can customize the way that Oracle Clinical and RDC display the list of values during data entry for questions associated with a DVG.

This section only describes the effects of the DVG LOV STYLE setting for RDC. For its effect on how Oracle Clinical displays a list of values during data entry, see the Oracle Clinical Administrator's Guide.

To customize how RDC displays a list of valid values for a question:

  1. Open Oracle Clinical.
  2. Navigate to Admin, Reference Codelists, and Local Codelists.
  3. Query for the OCL_DE_CONFIG reference codelist.
    1. Enter OCL_DE_CONFIG in the Name field.
    2. Press F8 to execute the query.
  4. Scroll to the DVG LOV STYLE short value.
  5. Specify the long value for DVG LOV STYLE. You can select either SEQ or SHORT.

    The long value determines the column order that RDC uses to display the columns of information in the Acceptable List of Values dialog box.

    The long value does not determine how RDC sorts the list of values. RDC always sorts the list of values by sequence number.

    If you specify SEQ, RDC places the columns in the following order:

    • Sequence number, which is titled Display Seq in the LOV. In addition, the sequence number is prefixed with A if it is an alpha DVG value.
    • DVG Short Value, which is titled Value in the LOV.
    • DVG Long Value, which is titled Description in the LOV.

    If you specify SHORT, RDC places the columns in the following order:

    • DVG Short Value, which is titled Value in the LOV.
    • Sequence number, which is titled Display Seq in the LOV. In addition, the sequence number is prefixed with A if it is an alpha DVG value.
    • DVG Long Value, which is titled Description in the LOV.

Note:

If you specify SHORT and no alpha DVG is associated with the DCM question, RDC displays only two columns in the LOV: DVG Short Value and DVG Long Value. It does not display the sequence number column.

Parent topic: Customizing Data Entry Behavior