Sr. No. | Field | Definition | Link to know more |
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1 | Home | It is the first field present on the menu bar. The home icon takes you to the the main dashboard/ homepage of the REDCap application. This page provides information about REDCap and its features | |
2 | My Projects | This page lists the REDCap projects that is created by a user. You can organize your projects in this page. | Projects |
3 | New Project | Allows creation of new project. | |
4 | Help & FAQ | A page consisting of general FAQ's and point of contact in case help is needed. | |
5 | Training Videos | Showcases basic training videos on how to use REDCap. | |
6 | Send it | Send-It allows the user to upload data on a server and allow multiple users to download the same. | |
7 | Designer | It is also known as the Online Designer. Within a project; instruments, forms, survey queue's, notification, ASI's, and settings can be managed in this section. | Online Designer |
8 | Field | A field is the section in which a user fills in the data that is requested. | |
9 | Logging | Logging consists of a list of all the changes that were made to the project. | Logging |
10 | Record | A record is a set of information that is filled by the user in a form. | |
11 | Data Dictionary | A Data dictionary is a CSV file containing the structure of your form. | Data Dictionary |
12 | Forms | A form is used to enter records/data by the user of the project. | Forms Vs Survey's |
13 | Instruments | It is a form or a survey created to collect data. | Create an Instrument |
14 | Arms | It allows multiple events to be grouped together. | Longitudinal Projects |
15 | Events | It allows multiple instruments to be grouped together to allow repetitions when used in a longitudinal survey. | Longitudinal Projects |
16 | Variable Name | It is also known as a field name and it is unique to each field that is created. This is defined in the online designer tab when a new field is being created within a form/survey. Variable names can be piped into other fields to enhance the survey and its user experience. | Piping |
17 | Data Access Groups | This field can be found under the User Rights section. It is used to control the view and access of data for the users within the database. | |
18 | Project Role | Project Role consists of categories of different roles which are undertaken by users who work on a clinical research project collaboratively. | |
19 | Invite Participants | Researchers can send an invitation to the users to take participate in a survey. | Participant List |
20 | Data Export Tool | Allows data from an instrument to be exported to a file format as per user's choice. | Data Exports |
21 | Data Import Tool | Allows users to import data collected from previous research/survey and inculcate the same into the ongoing survey/research project | Project and Data Management |
22 | File Repository | The file repository consists of all the data exports that have been performed on your data set. Additionally, the user can export their project to an xml file, create user files and upload a new file. |