3 Use Oracle Empirica Topics

• Overview of topic management
  To manage the process of identifying and investigating product safety issues, including organizing the collection and interpretation of information from different sources over time, you can create topics.
• About topics, actions, and the calendar
  By selecting Topic Management from the left navigation pane, you can organize and track tables, graphs, and documents related to particular subject matter.
• Display the Topic Management page
  A single page provides access to all Oracle Empirica Topics functions.
• Sections of the Topic Management page
  The Topic Management page is your starting point for working with all Oracle Empirica Topics features.
• Download the Topics or Actions table
  You can download the information in the Topics and Actions tables to various types of files.
• Sections of the Topics tab
  The Topics tab of the Topic Management page provides information about existing topics. There are three sections.
• Sections of the Actions tab
  The Actions tab of the Topic Management page provides information about existing actions. There are three sections.
• Sections of the Calendar tab
  The Calendar tab of the Topic Management page provides information about actions in an open state that have a Planned Completion Date.
• Keyboard shortcuts for the Topics and Actions tables
  Use these keyboard shortcuts to facilitate your work with the Topics and Actions tables.
• Select a topic workflow configuration
  To use topic management, you must have access to a topic workflow configuration. The topic workflow configuration defines the behavior and content of the Topic Management page.
• Choose which items to view on the Topics, Actions, and Calendar tabs
  To control the items shown on the Topics, Actions, and Calendar tabs, use these procedures.
• Work with topics
  This section includes procedures for working with topics and topic reports.
• Work with actions
  This section includes procedures for working with actions.
• Work with the calendar
  This section includes procedures for working with open actions.
• Work with attachments
  This section includes procedures for working with attachments.