1. User Guide
  2. Option and property descriptions
  3. Properties
  4. Item properties

Item properties

Properties common to all study objects

All study objects have the following properties.

Property Description
Description Description of the study object. The description can have 0-255 characters.
Identifier Unique internal identifier of the study object.
Locked When True, the study object is locked.
Modified When True, the study object has not been saved since the last modification.
New When True, the study object has not been saved yet. When False, the study object has been saved at least one time.
Protected When true, the study object is protected. When a study object is protected, you cannot:
  • Update or lock it.
  • Add child study objects to it by pasting or dragging and dropping.
  • Delete its child study objects.
RefName RefName of the study object. The RefName can have 1-63 characters.
Revision Revision number of the study object.
Title Title of the study object. The title can have 1-63 characters.
Version Version number of the study object. The version number is incremented only when a user explicitly updates it.

Item properties

Property Description
CDD properties -
Data Label Text label for the item, enabling access to the item in a target table with the Patient To Control key type or any of the pivot key types.
Component Settings (The following settings are used only for date time items.)

DayAllow,

HourAllow,

MinuteAllow,

MonthAllow,

SecondAllow,

YearAllow

 When True, indicates that the date time item includes a control for the component of the date time.

DayAllowUnknown,

HourAllowUnknown,

MinuteAllowUnknown,

MonthAllowUnknown,

SecondAllowUnknown,

YearAllowUnknown

 When True, indicates that the date time item includes a control for the component of the date time and allows a user to mark the value unknown.

DayRequired,

HourRequired,

MinuteRequired,

MonthRequired,

SecondRequired,

YearRequired

 When true, indicates that the component of the date time item is required.
Oracle InForm properties -
Collapsible True or False (default), indicating whether the item is always visible on the form in the InForm application, or is collapsed and not visible until a condition is met.
Display Override Determines the default behavior of an item when a layout is generated.
  • ReadOnly—The item is visible but not editable.
  • Editable—The item is visible and editable by any user, regardless of the rights assigned to the user.
  • Hidden—The item is not visible.
  • None—The item is visible to all users, and visible and editable by any user who has the rights to view and/or edit the item.
Item Required True (default) or False, indicating whether the item is required for data entry on the form to be complete.
MaxProperty If a MaxValue is specified for the item, indicates whether the value can be less than or less than or equal to the MaxValue.
MaxValue Maximum value that the Oracle InForm application will allow to be typed for the item.
MinProperty If a MinValue is specified for the item, indicates whether the value can be greater than or greater than or equal to the MinValue.
MinValue Minimum value that the Oracle InForm application will allow to be typed for the item.
PHI True or False (default), indicating whether an Oracle InForm user might enter Personal/Protected Health Information (PHI) for the item. If you select True:
SDV Critical
True or False (default), indicating whether the item is considered critical for source verification. If you select True, SDV Required changes to True.

Note:

The SDV Critical setting for an item can be overridden in the Oracle InForm application.
SDV Required True (default) or False, indicating whether the item requires source document verification.
Special Fields Fields used on the special forms for the Oracle InForm application.
  • None—Field is not a special Oracle InForm field.
  • Screening form:
    • Initials
    • DOB
    • Screening date
  • Enrollment form: Patient No.
  • Patient Identification form: Initials
  • Study Completion form:
    • Completion status
    • Drop out reason
  • Date of Visit form: DOV
  • Randomization form: Randomization field
Standard properties -
Question Question for the item. The question can have 0-1000 characters.
ShortQuestion Short question for the item. The short question can have 0-255 characters.
Miscellaneous properties -
Change assigned codelist

Available only in libraries.

True or False (default), allow users to choose a different codelist for the item in a study. If set to True, Change assigned subset is also set to True.

Change assigned subset

Available only in libraries.

True or False (default), allow users to choose a different codelist subset for the item in a study. If set to False, Change assigned codelist is also set to False.

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