Importing and Exporting Forms In Form Builder

Forms can be imported from central form libraries for the purpose of coping the forms from one study to another without needing to rebuild them.

Importing Forms

Forms are imported into the Website Host and Study Level form builder application by clicking the Import Form link in the Links table as shown in the figure below.

When importing forms, Users should only import Forms that are Form Types created or used at that Level.  Form types that are not part of a Form Builder Level are not related to the level and therefore do not display in the related applications.  For example, if a User wants to Import a Subject Form and import it into the Website Host Level Form Builder, the Form will not display in the Website Host Level applications or Study Level applications. Below are the Form Types created and used at each level of the system.

Website Host Level – Form Types (Profile Forms only):

· User

· Site

· Study

Study Level – Form Types

· Site (Site Documents)

· Subject

· Study

To Import a Form, click the Import Form link in the links table.

This will open the Import Form pop-up window.

The Import Forms Existing Forms Data Table contains the following information:

Form Name* – Name of the Saved Form

Form Type* – Type of Form created in the Form Builder application

Source* – The related Sponsor/Study to which the form is related

Owner* – The Name of the User who created the Form

Validated – Gives the Status of a Form.  Forms that are created in the Website Host Form Builder (User, Site, Study forms) are not validated forms and show a validated status of Not Applicable.  However, Subject Forms show a status of either not validated or validated.  When a Subject Form is displayed in the Import Form Library, the validated column shows the Status of the Form, the Date of validation, and who validated the Form.

Select – clicking the Select control allows a user to select a single form to import

Select Many – clicking the checkboxes in the appropriate form row allows the user to select as many forms as desired. After clicking the checkboxes the User simply clicks the Import Checked Forms button at the bottom of the window and the selected forms will display in the Existing Forms Data Table of the Form Builder.

To select a single Form to import, click the Select control in the Form Row. To select multiple forms to import, click the check box in each form row and then click the Import Checked Forms button as shown in the figure below.

After clicking the Select control for a single Form, or clicking the checkboxes and clicking the Import Checked Forms button, the User is returned to the Form Builder application where the Forms have been imported into the Existing Forms Data Table.

To view a Form, click the select control in the Existing Forms Data table for the Form to review as shown in the figure below. This opens the form in the Form Builder application where the form can be reviewed and edited accordingly.

Exporting Forms

Forms are exported to Form Libraries from the Form Builder application by clicking the Export control in the Forms row of the Existing Forms Data Table, as shown in the figure below.

Clicking the Export control opens a pop-up window that allows the user to Export the Form to a Form Library so it can be reused by other Sponsors, Sites, etc. depending on whether it is exported to a Public or Private Library. The Export, as shown in the figure below, so can be reused by other Sponsors, Sites, etc.

When a Form is exported to a Form Library, all the Forms Properties, Field properties, conditional actions and the Forms status are exported to the library. 

In the popup window, click the Library drop-down, select the Form Library

Then click the Export Form button. 

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