Inquiry Definition

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Define data collection instrument (DCI) inquiries and place the DCI in the myAvatar menu.

RADplus Utilities > Inquiries

Inquiries are defined for user-defined DCIs created through modeling.
Access to inquiries is controlled by the User Role and User Definition forms.
This form can be opened from the BUILD environment (system code).

Choose the Inquiry Definition form.
The Select myAvatar Form screen displays.
Enter the form name or ID, and click Ok. Select the form.

Additional Sections

Inquiry Definition section

In the Menu Location field, select the menu heading for the inquiry form.
This menu location cannot be changed after the Inquiry Definition form is filed.
In the Description field, enter the inquiry description.
In the Include Sub Header on Every Page field, select Yes to include the report sub-header on every report page.
In the Add To or Replace Default Sub Header field, select:

Add To - keep the default sub header, add sub header lines to the Sub Header section.
Replace - define a new sub header in the Sub Header section.
Forms with edit tracking are available (Yes selected in the Track Edits of Table Rows field, pre-display section of the Form Definition form).

In the Include Edit History field:

Select Yes to store all edits for an edit group.
Select No to include the most recent edit.

In the Edit History "First" Behavior field:

Select 'First row of the first row edit group' to sort each row from oldest to most recent.
Select 'Last row of the first row edit group' to sort each row from most recent to oldest.
Forms with workflow functionality are available (‘Draft/Final’ or ‘Draft/Pending Approval/Final’).

In the Limit Rows to Those Marked As Final field:

Select Yes to include forms marked as Final.
Select No to include all rows.

When finished, click Submit.

Format Section

In the Sections field, select the formatting for section titles.
In the Include Labels field, select Yes to include report labels.
If Yes, the formatting defined in the Form Definition form is used.
If appropriate, in the Prompts field, select how messages are formatted.
In the Include Lines field, select Yes to include dividing lines in the report.
In the Include Sticky Notes field, select Yes to include Sticky notes in the report.
Click Submit.

Sub Header section

In the Sub Header table, click Add New Item.
In the Display Order field, if appropriate edit the field display in the sub-header.
In the Demographic or Primary/Secondary Table Column field:

Client entities only - Select Demographic to use data elements from the Demographics section of the Pre Admit and Admission form (Avatar PM) for the report sub header
Select Table Column to use the data element description from the DCI table.

In the Demographic field, select the demographic data element to include in the sub-header.
In the Tale Column field, select the table column to use in the
In the Override Label field, select Yes to edit demographic data element description.
In the Label field, type the new data element description.
In the Width field:

Select Half to display the report sub-header on half of the report.
Select Full to display the sub-header for the full report.

Click Submit.