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How to fix the errors?

"Error importing CRF: PATHOLOGY","java.lang.RuntimeException: Following special characters in form names not allowed: [+-/*(){}%. ]”

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>>The above error states that there are specimen characters like +-/*(){}% either in the CRF name. The OpenClinica connector uses the OID as the form name. These special characters are not allowed in the DE form names, hence the error.

Also when importing the OID mapping CSV file, make sure that the column ‘OS_FORM_NAME’ does not contain any special characters including whitespaces (space, tab, newline, carriage return, etc).

For example, a form name can be added as ‘PATHOLOGY_DATA’ and not 'PATHOLOGY DATA'

Fix: Clean up the CRFs to ensure they don't contain special characters mentioned in the log file in the CRF.

Error importing CRF data. Subject: ABC01, Event: BASELINE. Error: DE form for PATHOLOGY (Path_Data) doesn't seem to be created"

>>The above error is displayed when the DE form ‘PATHOLOGY’ for the event ‘BASELINE’ is not yet created hence the data cannot be imported