Naming conventions

The Reporting and Analysis database uses the following naming conventions for schema objects:

Naming conventions for schema objects

Prefix	Schema object type
CV_	Subject data view (clinical view).
DI_	Form and itemset clinical view with date and state information.
DV_	Views used for the Data Viewer.
CD_	Clinical data and metadata for form controls.
CT_	Clinical data table.
IRV_	View.
IRV_MD	View of study design metadata.
RT_	Table.
IRI_	Index.
IRC_	Constraint.
PF_	Table replicated from the InForm database.

The Reporting and Analysis database is closely tied to the InForm study database. However, many of the items in the InForm database have different names in the Reporting and Analysis database, as shown in the following table.

Object name correspondence between InForm and Reporting and Analysis

Object type	MedML type	InForm database name	Reporting and Analysis database name
Study		Volume	Study
Study Version	StudyVersion	VolumeEdition	StudyVersion
Visit	FormSet	VEChapter	StudyVersionVisit
Visit		Chapter	Visit
Form	Form	VEChapterPage	StudyVersionForm
Form		Page	Form
Subject		Patient	Subject
Subject Visit		SubjectVEChapter	SubjectVisit