OpenSpecimen allows you to add additional custom fields at the DP level and order level. These custom fields can include Lab Number, Approval ID, etc.

At Distribution Protocol level

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Create DP level custom field To configure custom fields at any level, you have to first create a new custom form (using the forms tool), which contains the fields you want to display on the DP or DP requirements pages. Refer to ‘How to create a form?’ to create a new form. Steps: Navigate to “Forms” card and select the form you created. Click on the 'Spanner' icon of the form to be attached. Select level as 'Distribution Protocol Custom Fields' from the 'select level' drop-down Click on 'Attach Form'. Create DP Requirement level custom field Similarly, you can also add custom fields at the DP requirements level.  Steps: Navigate to “Forms“ page. Click on the 'Spanner' icon of the form (containing the desired fields) to be attached. Select level as 'DP Requirement Custom Fields' from the 'select level' drop-down Click on 'Attach Form'

At Order level

Often, you need to collect additional data with each Order. E.g., shipping address, MTA document, etc. 

You can create a custom form with fields to be displayed on the 'create orders' page. This can be configured either at the system level or DP level. 

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Step-1: Create a custom form Refer to the wiki page on “How to create a form?” Save and note the form identifier (The numeric code at the end of the URL). Note: Do not attach the form to any level as following the steps below will automatically attach it to ‘Order Custom Fields’ level Step-2.a: Configure at the System level Login as super admin Go to Home→ Settings→ Administrative→ Order Custom Fields Form Specify the identifier of the saved form Update the property Step-2.b: Configure at Distribution Protocol level Navigate to the ‘Distribution Protocols’ list page. Create new/ edit the existing distribution protocol. Select the custom form that you created from the ‘Order Custom Fields’ drop-down. Click on 'Create'/ 'Update' Once configured, the Order page will look like this: Note: 'Shipping address' and 'Additional Data' are custom fields.

Create Query

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Order level custom fields can be queried using the query interface and displayed on the query results page. Note: You will only be able to query the custom form fields attached at the system level. There is no option to create a query on the form attached at the DP level in the field 'Order Custom Fields'  Image Removed

Download order report

If any custom fields have been configured, those fields will be displayed in the downloaded order reportNote: For a regular user to access the Super Admin created order level custom field form,

1. The regular user should have ‘Manage Form’ access.

2. The regular user should have privileges of Create/Update/Delete access to the Distribution Protocol and Order etc. in their role.

3. Super Admin should attach that form to the distribution protocol, which contains all the distribution sites accessible to the regular user.

4. The form should not be attached to any other distribution protocol, which contains any distribution sites that are not accessible to the regular user.