Features
Import Sponsor-Defined CRFs

Under 'CDASHIG CRF' in the menu, click Import Sponsor Worksheet to display the list of worksheet files containing sponsor-defined CRF metadata available for import. You can search the worksheets and then select the worksheet to be imported.
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The worksheets are in the user folder specified on the import page. The folder is established at installation, along with a sample worksheet template.
Click here for information about importing CDASHIG Example CRFs.

Create Sponsor-Defined CRFs
The Clinical Standards MDR App lets you define your annotated CRFs for reference by users and other applications.
​The process is simple. You create your own Excel worksheet in a format similar to the CDASH worksheets for Example CRFs. A sample template for the worksheet is provided. There are edit rules that the worksheet must conform to. See the Edit Rules for Sponsor-Defined CRFs below.
The steps to import a CRF are:
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Create the Excel Worksheet for the CRFs. Move your worksheet to the file folder specified. The file folder is established at installation
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Go to the Clinical Standards MDR App, click Import Sponsor Worksheet, a list of all the worksheets available for import are listed. You can search for those not yet imported, or by any column on display, for example worksheet name.
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You can replace worksheets in the database that have the same worksheet version.
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Click the worksheet you want to import to the database. You will be notified of any error found. See the Edit Rules for the Sponsor CRFs below.
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Upon completion you can import another worksheet, browse or view the sponsor-defined annotated CRFs.
What does the Sponsor CRF Worksheet Contain?
The Excel worksheet has the same layout as the CDASH Installation Guide Example CRFs with the following columns extensions.
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Title - Title for the eCRF example.
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Example number - a numeric integer. Default is 1. It is used when there is more than one example for the domain.
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Domain - The short name for the domain, e.g. 'DA'.
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Version - The version of the CRF taken from the worksheet name.
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The Clinical Standards MDR App also contains:
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Origin - The system automatically ensures this is 'Sponsor'.
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Create Date - The date that the version was imported.
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Unique Identifier - A unique numeric identifier for each row in the table.
For further information see the Edit Rules for the Sponsor CRFs below.
The worksheet for the Example CRF ('DA') Example 1 is:

The Clinical Standards MDR App allows you to either view the annotated CRF, or display the metadata details for the CRF. For 'DA", example 1 it is:

What are the Edit Rules for Sponsor-Defined CRFs?
To ensure the integrity of the data the following is checked. If an error is found against these edit rules, a message is displayed.
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The following must be present and must be unique for the CRFs:
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Worksheet name which must start with the following format 'SPONSOR_V'. The words that follow are separated by '_'.
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Version - The version name is automatically derived from the worksheet name, less the word 'Sponsor_'. To make changing a CRF easy, simply import the CRF worksheet to overwrite the prior one. You will be asked to confirm if you want to overwrite all matching CRFs.
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​Domain - Must be a valid CDSIC domain.
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Example number - Must be numeric. Should be unique for the version and Domain,
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CDASH Variable - Should not repeat within an CRF.
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The following must be present:
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Order number - Must be numeric and should not repeat within an example CRF.
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Title Name