Overview

This chapter describes how to create trial-specific documents that users can display in the Document window during an InForm session. The Document window opens when a user clicks the Documents button. The chapter describes how to:

Create an online trial protocol.
Create online CRF help.
Set up links between document files so users can navigate between them by clicking highlighted link text.
Create a documentation definition file to load trial documents into the database.
Associate a documentation definition with a StudyVersion.

Note: To define trial documentation, you must manually code the required MedML and formatting tags described in this chapter. Trial documentation definition is not supported by the InForm Architect application.

This chapter does not cover the development of online Help for the InForm application or the Cognos 10 Business Intelligence tools. Online Help for the InForm application is available from the Help button in the navigation pane of the InForm application when you install the software. Online Help for the Cognos 10 Business Intelligence tools is available in the following locations when a trial is configured for reporting:

Using Reporting Tools link—Available from the Help button in the navigation pane of the InForm application. This link provides access to the Cognos documentation set. Use this help link to understand the mechanics of using the Reporting and Analysis module, such as how to create different kinds of reports, how to create calculations and charts, and how to sort on different columns.
Cognos 10 Business Intelligence Ad Hoc tools help link—Available when you access Ad Hoc Reporting. This link provides access to the Cognos documentation for Query Studio (Query Studio is the Cognos application used by the InForm software to provide Ad Hoc Reporting capability).