To copy items from another study, you need the 'Copy question from other study' permission
As different studies often use identical or very similar questions, you can copy questions and eForms into your study from another study. It is usually quicker to do this, and adapt the items where necessary, rather than to create them again. Once copied, you can edit the question or eForm to suit your needs.
It is not possible to copy question groups from one study to another.
Note: It is not possible to copy items into the library from another study.
To copy items from another study, you need the 'Copy question from other study' permission
Open the question list for your study by clicking the Questions shortcut button.
Select View > List of Other Studies.
A list of existing studies is displayed. Select the study from which you want to copy and click OK.
The question list for the other study will be displayed to the right of the question list for your current study.
In the new question list, select the question or eForm that you want to copy. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the item into the question list for your study.
Release the mouse button to drop the selected item into your study. If you are copying a whole eForm it may take a few moments for the copy to appear.
The item copied from the other study will appear in the question list for your study. Copied questions are automatically placed in the 'Unused questions' folder.
Open the eForm into which you want to copy the question by clicking the eForms shortcut button and selecting the relevant tab.
Follow steps 2 to 6 above, but drag the question directly onto the eForm instead of into the question list.
The question will appear on the eForm roughly where you drop it.
Note: You can only copy items from another study into the study you currently have open. If you wish to copy an item from your current study to another study, you must first close your study, then open the other study and then proceed as above.
When you copy items from another study, sometimes the items will already exist in the current study. For example, when copying an eForm, you might already have an eForm of that name, or one or more of its questions or groups may already exist in your study.
If you try to copy an item which already exists in your current study, you will see a message asking if you would like to rename the item. To create a duplicate item, click Yes and enter a new code for the item. This will leave the existing item in your current study untouched.
It is also possible to copy an entire study definition within a database.
A set of eForms containing CDASH-compliant questions is provided in the CDASH Study Template.sdd file, located in the In Folder within the application folder. You can import this study into your database and use it as a library, copying questions from it into your study definition.