Trial Acronym

A unique Trial acronym is generated by system for each trial using the Site, Site Year and Trial Type information of the trial. The trial acronym has 11 characters.

Explanation of a Trial Acronym WRSA07COWA2:

• The first 3 characters (ie WRS) is a Trial Acronym Prefix that identifies Trial Type of the Trial.
• Next 1 (ie A) character is the Trial Number in alphabet  ie"1" is represented by "A", "2" by "B" and so on
• Next 2 (ie 07) character is the last 2 digit of Site Year of the trial
• And the remaining 5 characters is the Trial Acronym Suffix from the Site where the trial is done.

Though the trial acronym is generated for all the trials, System Administrator can hide in the User Interface by modifying the .config file. Please read important information before making any changes in the config file..

  <appSettings>
    <!-- If true, system displays trial acronym in the forms -->
    <add key="IsTrialAcronymMandatory" value="true" />
 </appSettings>
Important Note: If the trial acronym is turn off (ie IsTrialAcronymMandatory=false) then the Location Acronym, Trial Acronym Prefix and Trial Acronym Suffix will be generated automatically without allowing user to make any change.