New Features REDCap version 10.0.33 (March 19, 2021)

New Features REDCap version 10.0.33 (March 19, 2021)

Project Status Changes:

  • The "Archived" project status has been removed and converted into a built-in Project Folder named "My Hidden Projects", as now seen at the bottom of your My Projects page. If you wish to hide any projects from your My Projects list, just click the Organize button on that page and place the projects into that new Project Folder. NOTE: Any already-archived projects will be automatically placed there for you.
  • The "Inactive" project status has been renamed to "Analysis/Cleanup" status to help reinforce that cleaning and analyzing your data is the next logical step after data collection in Production status.
  • Projects that are in "Analysis/Cleanup" status can now optionally have their project data set as "Locked/Read-only" or "Editable" (see the top of the Project Setup or Home page). This will give you more control to prevent data collection from happening while in this project status.
  • Mark a project as "Completed": If you are finished with a project and wish to make it completely inaccessible, you may mark the project as Completed. Doing so will take it offline and remove it from everyone's project list, after which it can only be seen again by clicking the Show Completed Projects link at the bottom of the My Projects page. Once marked as Completed, no one in the project (except for REDCap administrators) can access the project, and only administrators may undo the Completion and return it back to an accessible state for all project users. Marking a project as Completed is typically only done when you are sure that no one needs to access the project anymore, and you want to ensure that the project and its data remain intact for a certain amount of time.

 

Non-numeric fields can now be used in calculated fields and branching logic: In previous versions, calculated fields could only utilize either numeric fields or date/datetime fields in the calculation. Now non-numeric fields may be used, most notably inside IF statements. For example, if ([field1] = “A”, 0, 99).

 

Logging email survey confirmations: The sending of a survey confirmation email now gets logged on the project Logging page when a confirmation email has been set to send to a survey participant after having completed a survey, in which the logged event will note the record name, the To address, the From address, the email subject, and whether or not the email contained attachments 

 

New Feature: Field Embedding

Field Embedding is the ultimate way to customize surveys and data collection instruments to make them look exactly how you want. Allows you to reposition field elements on a survey page or data entry form so that they get embedded in a new location on that same page. Embedding fields gives users greater control over the look and feel of your instrument. Users may place fields in a grid/table for a more compact user-friendly page, or they can position fields close together in a group if they are related.

To use Field Embedding, users simply need to place the REDCap variable name of a field inside braces/curly brackets - e.g., {date_of_birth} - and place it in the Field Label, Field Note, Section Header, or Choice Label of any other field on that same instrument.

 

Change branching logic en masse: When editing a field’s branching logic in the Online Designer’s “Add/Edit Branching Logic” dialog, when saving the branching logic for a given field, it will now check if any other fields in the project have identical branching logic and will prompt the user to ask them if they want to change the branching logic accordingly for all fields having the same branching logic.