Primary objects

Each time you set up a clinical data model, transformation, validation check, or custom program, the system creates a specialized object to do the work.

Each object listed in Table 8-11 is really two objects:

• The object definition is located directly in the study domain and includes almost all the object's metadata.

• The object instance is located in a work area and contains a reference to the object definition. The object instance is installed, creating a database table, view, and/or package.

Table 8-11 Primary internal objects

Object	Purpose	Created when a user...
Table	Holds data.	Creates a clinical data model or table. Also when a user installs a validation check batch, creates validation check target tables.
Load set	Loads data into all tables in one clinical data model.	Creates an input clinical data model. (Load sets are used for file data loading and for InForm internal metadata and operational data models, but not InForm study data or metadata, which are handled by the DMW InForm Connector.)
Program	Contains the source code for a transformation, validation check, or custom listing.	Creates a transformation, validation check, or custom listing.
Data mart	Contains a set of views, one for each table in a clinical data model. When generated, produces a set of files containing all the data in the model.	Creates a clinical data model with the data extract option selected.
Business area	Contains a view to each table in a clinical data model for read-only access for data visualization tools.	Creates or modifies a clinical data model with the Business Area option selected.
Transformation maps	Used for mapping by transformations, validation checks, and custom listings. For transformations, model-level maps contain table-level maps, which contain column-level maps. For validation checks, batch-level maps contain validation check-level maps, which contain column-level maps. For custom listings, listing-level maps contain column-level maps.	Creates a model- or table-level transformation, validation check batch, validation check, or custom listing.
Codelists	Contains a list of valid values that can be assigned to a table column.	Creates a codelist.