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Revising a section on a form

To revise a section, use the UPDATE_FORM_SECTION MedML tag. This tag has the following syntax:

<UPDATE_FORM_SECTION
FORM_REFNAME="name"
FORM_REVISION="number"
SECTION_REFNAME="name"
SECTION_REVISION="number"/>

  1. Stop the InForm application trial and make sure that no one can access the trial or modify the trial data.
  2. Make the necessary changes to the XML for the section you want to modify.
  3. Install the new version of the section using the MedML Installer.
  4. Create an XML file containing an UPDATE_FORM_SECTION tag for the section you want to change. You can use SQL to retrieve the form and section revision numbers or you can look in the database directly.
    • For FORM_REFNAME, specify the RefName of the form in which you are updating the section.
    • To find the FORM_REVISION number, open the PF_PAGE table and look up the most recent (highest) PAGEREVISIONNUMBER for the corresponding PAGEREFNAME.
    • For SECTION_REFNAME, specify the RefName of the section you have revised.
    • To find the SECTION_REVISION number, open the PF_SECTION table and look up the most recent (highest) SECTIONREVISIONNUMBER for the corresponding SECTIONREFNAME.

Note: These instructions assume that you want to revise the current version of the form. If your trial has multiple study versions, and you want to apply the revision to all versions of the form, create a separate UPDATE_FORM_SECTION tag for each revision.

  1. Run the MedML Installer and apply the XML file containing the UPDATE_FORM_SECTION tag. The installer validates that the form RefName and revision is correct, and that the form contains the section you updated.
  2. Restart the trial.
  3. Test the update form version after applying this change. The MedML Installer does not validate the metadata against any existing patient data.
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