4 Network management

Networks functionality allows for the configuration of account-level network profiles and the affiliation of a site to a network profile. Network functionality also allows your organization to leverage a site's affiliated network contact to override study invitation preferences and invite only the network contact.

Account networks page

If you are an Oracle Site Select administrative user with Network profile management permission, you can configure and manage account-level site network profiles on the Account networks page. The page allows you to create the network with a name, identifier, and other metadata that defines the network as a unique entity within the account (such as Network group type, Affiliation scope and type, Network delegate contact information, Therapeutic area(s), etc.).

Standard data column

A configured network profile's Network ID is an important value that must be unique across all networks in the account. When saved, Oracle Site Select users who manage data import can affiliate a site record to a network by including the ID in a new site_network_id data import column. The new Site network ID column is available as a:

• Standard Oracle Site Select site data column when creating a new composite or flat (CSV) datasource
• Column in the site grid column picker
• Column available for CSV export

The site_network_id data column will save data to the site's profile when the column is populated on import and the site's profile is saved.

Site profile Network tab

When an account has at least one saved network profile, the Site profile and Site scorecard pages in Oracle Site Select and the Edit site profile page in Oracle Site Select LITE include a Network sub-tab. If a site’s record has been affiliated with a configured network in the account (i.e., the site record includes the site_network_id value), the tab displays the network profile in read-only format. Note that a configured network's "Network status" and "Internal comments" fields do not display in Oracle Site Select LITE, as these fields are not intended for site users.

Networks and study invitations

When an account has at least one saved network profile, the Manage study email templates page Default template tab includes an "Override recipient preference when network delegate available" check box. The check box is enabled by default for new studies in accounts that have at least one configured network profile.

When the check box is enabled, and the site record is affiliated with a network, the network delegate contact is the only email recipient (listed as the only Study contact) to receive study invitation and correspondence emails. After invitation, the network delegate will be listed on the "Invitation email status" pop-over, and the delegate will be able to access Oracle Site Select LITE for the site's feasibility workflow. Study contacts may be updated after invitation to include additional site profile contacts with study access in Oracle Site Select LITE.

• Add a site network profile
  Add site network profiles at the account level by creating unique network records with a name, identifier, and other metadata.