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Update naming convention of unscheduled visit

In Study Designer, you have the possibility to configure the naming convention for unscheduled visits. The custom naming convention can be applied due to different reasons, such as helping to distinguish unscheduled visits from planned ones, explaining the reasons behind unscheduled visits, demonstrating compliance with protocol requirements, and so on. After the custom naming convention is applied, all the corresponding unscheduled visits are named accordingly when added in EDC.

To update the naming convention of an unscheduled visit
  1. In the Study Designer application header, select the CRF DESIGN tab.

  2. In the toolbar, select the latest draft CRF version marked with the respective unlock symbol unlocked_icon_purple.png, otherwise, you cannot perform any actions.

    Selecting latest draft CRF version
    Figure 1. Selecting latest draft CRF version

  3. In the left pane that appears, select the needed unscheduled visit.

  4. On the page that opens, select the Visit Name Components tab.

    Accessing visit name components
    Figure 2. Accessing visit name components

  5. On the page that appears, define the naming convention for a visit with the chips, dividers, and variables that can be added by selecting plus_icon_dotted.png.

    Tip

    If the study is intended for translation, all the components of the unscheduled visit name are to be translated into the applied languages.

    Defining naming convention for visit
    Figure 3. Defining naming convention for visit

  6. If you decide to add a variable to the naming convention, do the following:

    1. Select plus_icon_dotted.png and then select the Variable option.

    2. Then select the chip visits_select_var.png that is added to the naming convention.

    3. In the Set Variable dialog that appears, select the simple form and then select the variable on this form to set it as a piece of the naming convention. Then select save_button_red_white.png to implement the changes.

      Adding variable to naming convention
      Figure 4. Adding variable to naming convention

  7. From the workspace toolbar of the Visit Name Components page, select Save save_icon_red.png to apply the configured visit naming convention.

Once saved, the configured visit naming convention is applied.