Edit report descriptors

  1. In the left navigation pane, hover on the Data Analysis icon (Data Analysis icon), then click Report Definitions.
  2. On the Report Definitions page, accept the case series shown or click Browse to the right of Case Series to display the Select Case Series page and select a case series.
  3. Click a Report Definition's Row Action menu (Row Action menu icon), then click Edit.
  4. On a Report Definitions page, such as Edit Report Columns, Edit Report Attributes, or Edit Report Descriptors, click the Report Descriptors radio button.
  5. View or modify the information shown.
    Column Description

    Name of Report

    Name of the report definition.

    Description of Report

    Description of the report definition.

    Category

    Category of the report definition, either Ad Hoc or Standard. The category is for informational purposes. You can display it as a column on the Report Definitions page, the Interactive Reports page, or the Report Outputs page.

    Built-in

    This field is available for superusers only. It is for use by Oracle when creating built-in report definitions, which are predefined reports supplied with the Oracle Empirica Signal application and available if the appropriate data configuration has been set up during installation. For more information, see Built-in reports.

    Type

    Applies to interactive reports only. One of the following values:

    • Query-based —Indicates a report definition that includes a query. Users can provide values to the query when the report is run.
    • Summary of all cases —Indicates a report definition that includes all cases and can be used by a drug profile configuration. Reports that can be added as charts on the Drug Profiles page are based on this type of report.

    If you are a superuser, this field can also show a customer-specific report that has been provided by Oracle.

    Project

    You can assign the report to an existing project by clicking Add to existing project and selecting the project from the drop-down list containing projects associated with objects that you created or that are published to you.

    To create a new project and assign the report to it, click Add to a new project named and enter a project name.

    Status

    Ready or Under Development.

    If the report definition can be run, the application applies the Ready status denoting that the report definition is valid. A report definition is valid if it has at least one row variable, at least one column variable, and no error messages appear for report variables. For a query-based report, a query must be part of the report definition. For an all cases summary report, the definition must conform to certain criteria.

    If the report definition is not ready to be run, the application assigns it the status Under Development.

    Configuration

    Description of the source data of the report definition.

    XML

    This field is available for superusers only. You can copy and paste this XML to create a report using XML.
  6. Click Save.