Field Properties
fields properties are used to specify properties that override the main question properties if set, field properties take precedence over the corresponding question properties field properties can be added from the context properties tab when editing a question asset the question must be referenced by a form/section for context properties to be displayed under context properties, click add field group field name used to specify a field name must be unique within the asset group field oid used to specify an identifier must be unique within the asset group active used to specify whether the field is active or not control type used to specify the data control to be used by the end user when entering data see control type date/time format see date/time format auto query for non conformant data used to specify whether a query is fired when non conformant data is submitted auto query for future date/time used to specify whether a query is fired when a future date is submitted defaults to 'false' requires verification used to specify whether the field requires source document verification defaults to 'false' requires manual reviews used to specify which review groups will conduct a review of the field the list of review groups to select is configured using the master review group property at asset group level does not participate in signature used to specify if the calculation or re calculation of the value in the derived field will not break the investigator signature true indicates that a change will not break the signature false indicates that a change will break the signature this should only be used on derived fields defaults to 'false' default value used to specify the default display value for the field see default value view restrictions used to specify which user roles will not have access to view the field the list of user roles to select is configured using the master roles property at asset group level entry restrictions used to specify which user roles will not have access to enter data into the field the list of user roles to select is configured using the master roles property at asset group level header text used to specify a shortened version of the question text this is used as a column heading for log fields when a log form is viewed in 'complete view' defaults to the field question text indent level used indent a field from the left margin two levels of indentation may be used 1 2 this property has no effect when used in a form where the log direction property is set to landscape defaults to '0’ labels above used to specify text labels to appear above the item this property can be also be used to separate groups of items labels below used to specify text labels to appear below the item this property can be also be used to separate groups of items lab analyte used to specify the lab analyte which is associated to the field the values for this field are configured in the master lab analyte property at asset group level prompt for clinical significance used specify whether clinical significance is required for the specified lab analyte this property should only be used when the lab analyte property is populated field num used to specify a number to display to the left of the field name on the form visual verify in second pass use to specify if visual verification is allowed in the second pass in double data entry (dde) this means that for data that has to be entered twice for verification purposes, the selected field is pre filled with the data entered by the first user for the second pass phase of double data entry requires translation used to specify whether a field requires translation or not observation date of log/form used to specify that if a form contains only standard fields, the date in the field is assigned as the date for the form if a form contains log fields, the date in the field is assigned to the date for the record (log line) observation date of folder used to specify that the date in the field will be assigned as the date for the folder show previous visit values used to specify whether the field displays previous visit data, while data is being entered is visible field used to specify whether a field is visible observation date of form used to specify that the date in the field is assigned to the date for the form observation date of subject used to specify that the date in the field is assigned to the date for the subject question used to specify field question text enter the text and locale acceptable files with extensions used to specify the acceptable file extensions for this field this should only be used when the control type for the field is 'file upload' use current date time used to specify if the current date/time should be entered as the default value for the field this property should only be used if the control type property is set to 'datetime' sas label used to specify a sas label for the field sas format use to specify a sas format for the field help text used to specify help text this will be accessible via a ‘question mark’ icon displayed next to the field auto query for required data entry used to specify whether a query is fired when required data is not submitted defaults to itemref mandatory value · yes = true · no = false auto query for out of range low used to specify whether a query is fired when data outside the lower range is submitted auto query for out of range high used to specify whether a query is fired when data outside the upper range is submitted mark non conformant date out of range low used to specify whether data outside the lower range is marked non conformant mark non conformant date out of range high used to specify whether data outside the upper range is marked non conformant default value this property is used to specify the default display value for a question or field that references a terminology the default value can be set to a list of coded values separated with a ‘|’ character this results in rows being included in the table that is generated for each coded value specified in the list if the question is used as an enumerating item within a section group and the default value is left blank, rows will be generated in the table for all code list values if a list is provided and the list ends with a ‘|’ character, the end user will not be able to remove or add lines to the log form control type this property is used to specify the data control to be used by the end user when entering data text displays a horizontal text box long enough to capture the number of characters specified in the variable format users can input text or numbers long text displays a rectangular text box with a vertical scroll bar to accommodate a larger block of text questions with a text length greater than 50 characters are changed to long text when the als is exported date time displays text boxes for day, month and year the order of the date sections may vary questions must have a date/time datatype check box displays a box that a user can use to flag a response for example, ‘not done’ dropdown list displays a dropdown list that allows users to select a single option from a list of choices questions must reference a terminology file upload allows users to choose an image or file to upload to the crf used in conjunction with the acceptable files with extensions properties at acceptable files with extensions or acceptable files with extensions level radio button displays a list of options from a list and allows a user to select only one radio buttons can be arranged horizontally or vertically questions must reference a terminology signature a formatted text box that accepts only an investigator’s password the signature format property must be specified search list displays a “smart” text field that enables users to search in data dictionaries questions must reference a terminology patient cloud these properties are used to specify and configure patient clouds patient cloud options used to specify an electronic patient reported outcome format for the field calendar used to specify a choice for calendar control it should only be used when the patient cloud options property is set to ‘calendar control’ the default value is ‘calendar open’ vas allows a visual analog scale to be configured for this patient cloud option nrs allows a numeric rating scale to be configured for this patient cloud option