To distribute or recall a study definition, you need the 'Distribute new version of a study definition' permission. This feature has a database-wide scope.
In order for a remote site to use a new or updated study definition, you must distribute that study to the site.
To distribute or recall a study definition, you need the 'Distribute new version of a study definition' permission. This feature has a database-wide scope.
Ensure that you have associated the study with all the required sites. Help on this...
Ensure that you have created a new version of the study. Help on this...
Select Tasks > Site > Study Site Administration or from the Site Administration window, click Study Site Administration. The Study Site Administration window is displayed.
Ensure the option button is set to Sites by Study.
Select a study from the drop down list and click the Distribution tab.
Select the site to which you wish to distribute the study.
Select the study version the site is to receive from the drop down list at the bottom of the screen and click Distribute. The study definition will be sent to the remote site during the next transfer session. Until then, it is removed from the list in the Distribution tab and added to the list in the Recall tab.
If you return to the Participation tab of the Study Site Administration window, you can see the following information by remote site:
The version number and deployment time of the latest version to be distributed to the site.
The version number and receipt time of the latest version to be received by the remote site.
If a study definition version has been distributed to a site in error, you can withdraw it from any site which has not yet connected to the server to download the study. If the study has already been downloaded, it is not possible to recall it.
Select Tasks > Site > Study Site Administration or from the Site Administration window, click Study Site Administration. The Study Site Administration window is displayed.
Ensure the option button is set to Sites by Study.
Select a study from the drop down list.
Check the information in the Participation tab to see if the study version has been received by the remote site. If it has been received, you can no longer recall it. If it hasn't been received, you can proceed.
Click the Recall tab to see a list of remote sites/studies.
Select the site and study definition that you wish to recall, and click Recall. The study definition will be removed from the set of files to be transferred to the remote site during the next transfer session.
If you return to the Participation tab of the Study Site Administration window, the remote site will no longer be shown in the list of deployed studies.