Common Properties
Workflow Manager
When defining a data element, you always specify the name of a data element and also set its Data Type.
Data Element Details View
The Data Element Details view includes the following options:
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Option |
Description |
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Description |
Enter a description to identify the type of data that is being collected in this data element. |
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Required |
Select Yes or No to specify whether the user will be required to provide an answer to this question before the data can be submitted. |
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Sort order |
Enter a number to identify where this data element will appear in the data elements list, with lower numbers appearing higher in the list. |
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Help text |
If you enter text in this field, when this data element is displayed to the user, a help icon will appear to the right of the field. When the user hovers over that help icon, this text will be displayed. |
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Internal Name |
Enter a permanent name for this data element. The Internal Name value should be used to refer to this data element when writing custom reports. Note:If you reference a data element in a custom report using the Internal Name—instead of its Description or GUID (DataMinorItemID)—that report will continue to work even if the Description of this data element changes or if the template is copied. Note:The value entered into the Internal Name field is stored in the DataMinorItemInternalDesc column of the AMS_DataMinorItemTpl table. |
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Data type |
Select the type of entry field you want this data element to be. See Data Element Data Types for a description of each data type. Note:Additional properties appear on the Data Element Details view depending upon which Data Type is selected. See Data Type-Specific Properties for a list of those data type-specific fields. |
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Data element condition |
You can use the properties in this area to make the display of this data element be conditional upon the data collected during this workflow. See Data Element Condition Area. |
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Update |
Click to create a new data element or save the edits that you have made to an existing data element. |
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Delete |
Click to delete this data element. |
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Cancel |
Click to cancel the creation of a new data element, or cancel the changes that you just made to an existing data element. |