Data can be reviewed using the Subject Matrix or the Queries page. Each of these review options is outlined below. Monitors also have the option of reviewing data using the Source Data Verification page.

Reviewing and Managing Data from the Subject Matrix

Typically, Monitors and Data Managers are responsible for reviewing data, but anyone with access to the Subject Matrix can view/review data as needed. Data Managers can also remove a subject and/or reassign a subject to a different site. The actions column presents the appropriate actions available, based on your user role. The following displays the actions available to a Data Manager:

To review data, click the view icon for the subject whose data you’d like to review.

The subject detail page displays. All visit-based events are listed first, followed by all common events.

To review data on a specific form, click the view icon for that form.

As you review data, if you need more information from the site for a particular item, click the bubble icon next to that  item to create a query.

To create the query:

  1. Type the query in the Comment box.
  2. The system automatically assigns the query to the person who entered the data, but you can select a different user from the drop-down list if you’d like.
  3. To email the assigned user to make him/her aware of the query, check the Email box.
  4. To save and assign the query, click Submit.

Note that the item history is tracked in the lower portion of the query dialog box.

Continue to review and query data as needed.

The color of the query bubble represents the query status, as follows:

StatusBubble AppearanceComments
No Query Click this bubble to create a query.
New A query has been added by either a site user, data manager, or monitor, or was auto-generated by OpenClinica based on built-in edit checks.
UpdatedEither a site user, data manager, or monitor has added information to the query.
Closed The query is considered resolved by the data manager or monitor.
Closed Modified Slightly paler than Closed, this means the data was changed after the query was closed

 

Reviewing and Managing Data from the Queries Page

To review and manage data from the Queries page, from the Tasks menu, select Queries.

The Queries page displays. There is a summary table followed by a detalied list of queries that is filtered to display Queries only. To see entries for Reason for Change, click the gray filter box under the Type column and select Reason for Change. You can filter the Queries view to filter any column that includes a gray filter box.

 

Details about each query are listed in the detail section of the page. You have options above the table that allow you to show more columns (Show More), download the queries, or print.

To review data associated with a query, you have two options:

  • View Query Only: This option displays a shaded background showing the item value in question, with the query and item history in the foreground. You can add a query comment, assign the query, and you have the option of emailing the assigned user. All users with access to queries can update the query; only Data Managers and Monitors have access to close a query.

  • View Query Within Record: This option displays a shaded background of all the item values on the form for that query. You have access to update the query and update and/or review all the data on the form. This provides reviewers with more context when reviewing specific item data issues.

You can then update the query comment, use the x to close the query details, and review the entire form in question. Data Managers and Monitors have the additional option of closing the query.

You can continue to use the Queries page to filter queries as needed, and to work through the detailed table to review query comments, the item and query histories, and the item and/or form values associated with each query.