Aliases

the alias property lets you add annotations to various assets, such as, forms, questions and terminologies aliases can be displayed on the crf visualizations as well as other plugin visualizations as they are odm properties and not specifically associated with one specific plugin aliases consist of name and context properties name contains the text displayed as the annotation context associates the “annotation alias type” property with the alias and defines where the annotation is displayed on the visualization the alias context consists of three parts alias type a text string that identifies the alias type for example, ‘sdtm’ you can choose which alias type to display on a visualization using the ‘annotation alias type’ property in asset group properties delimiter must be “ ” target position (optional) you can specify where the annotation for a question is placed on the crf question places the annotation next to the question text; value (default) places the annotation next to the value field the plugin places annotations in set positions but you can also use horizontal and vertical offsets these can be set at asset group level (i e globally) or at individual asset level you can set aliases at the following level visit schedule visit form section question terminology condition method unit if left blank, this property defaults to the default set for the parent element, or the default width set for the relevant annotation custom element annotation width specifies the size for the width of the alias text box measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ annotation height specifies the size for the height of the alias text box measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ annotation horizontal offset specifies the horizontal offset of the alias text box measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ annotation vertical offset specifies the vertical offset of the alias text box measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’