Create a code list

Code lists allow study designers to easily add standard answer options to a drop-down, checkbox, or radio button type question.

Code lists are sets of predefined data that also include standard codes for data analysis. To adhere to SDTM terminology sets and follow the industry's standards, code lists must contain proper codes. In turn, this allows data managers and statisticians to more easily analyze extracted data. For more information on data extracts, see the Subject Data Extract.

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Custom code lists that you create on the Code List tab (in a study's settings) are displayed in the Code List dialog when you choose to apply a code list to a question. For more information, see Create a custom code list.

To create a code list:

  1. Access the Draft version of a study as described in Open a study's design.
  2. Make sure you are on the Data Collection page.
  3. On the Forms tab, open or create the form that you want to add a code list to.
  4. In your form, do one of the following:
    • Select the drop-down question or the question with checkboxes or radio buttons, and above the answer field, select Code List.
    • Add a new question with multiple answer options and, above the answer field, select Code List.
    The Code List dialog opens.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • If you want to create a new custom code list, select Add Code list.
    • If you want to edit an existing custom code list, select it from the list, and select the Edit icon (Edit).
  6. Fill-in all of the required fields of the code list. For more details, see Create a custom code list
  7. Select either Close or Use Selected List to add the code list to the question.

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