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In every case, it is always possible to determine whether an Item was collected manually or by means of a device integration.
Additional Notes
In certain scenarios, a user may invoke a device multiple times on a form prior to save. Each successful invocation will bring in the latest values from the device into the form.
In order for a user to change any Item values associated with device parameters in the form, the user must unlock the item group and record an annotation.
How do I know if data is a calculated or derived rather than entered by hand?
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Additionally, collection times shown in (1) and (2) can be seen on the ’source’ ECG waveform as well by clicking View (3)…
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What times are represented in Item audit trail views?
Observation
Certain times observed in Item audit trail views appear different from the collection times associated with the form.
Response
The ‘Time’ column in Audit views represent when specific user actions took place against the form. These come by way of interactions that occur within the application and may not always correlate with what is documented to represent the time of collection on a form.
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With the above example:
The first audit record on an Item represents when the Item data field was established. The time of
21 Sept2023 14:22:44 CESTrepresents when the form was first created, making it available for use. Typically this time is associated with actions that come by way of the form being created by cohort assignment activations, or, the action of manually adding a new form via Data Collection workflows.The second audit record shows the time of
21Sept2023 14:23:45 CESTwhen the user performed a successful barcode scan on the form Item. In this particular example, the Item in question was setup to require a successful barcode verification first in order to perform data collection against the item.The third audit record contains two datetime values. In the annotated screenshot, Time column (3) shows when the item value was saved successfully on
21Sep2023 14:29:54 CEST. The Value column (4) shows21 Sep 2023 14:29:47as the collected item value at the time of save. This same value of21 Sep 2023 14:29:47is also shown as the collected value in the Item Details area (5).
Further Reading
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