OpenClinica User Manual/LockingObjects
Locking Study, Sites and Events
editIn OpenClinica several objects can be locked: the Study, Sites defined in the Study and Events for Subjects.
To lock a study
edit- Navigate to Tasks > Build Study
- Next to "Set Study Status" select "Locked"
- Click "Save Status"
To lock a site
edit- Navigate to Tasks > Build Study
- Next to Task 6 Create Sites, click the View icon.
- Find the Site you want to lock. Select the Edit icon.
- Scroll down towards the bottom and find "Site Status for this study." Select "locked."
- Click "Submit Site"
To lock an event for a subject
edit- Navigate to the Subject Matrix.
- Find the Subject & Event you want to lock.
- Click "View/Enter Data" for the Event you want to lock.
- At the top, click "Edit Study Event"
- Next to status, select "locked."
- Click "Submit changes"
The above describes the "normal" situation where you lock an event for a subject once the event has been marked complete (i.e. all forms are either marked complete or not started). But you can also lock an empty event to prevent data entry:
- Schedule the event
- Open one of the event CRFs for initial data entry but do not save anything and close the CRF
- Change event status to stopped
- Change event status to locked