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Field Embedding is the ultimate way to customize surveys and data collection instruments to make them look exactly how you want. Field Embedding is a feature that allows you to reposition field elements on a survey page or data entry form so that they get embedded in a new location on that same page. Embedding fields gives users greater control over the look and feel of your instrument.
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The Process Creating the fields(we highly suggest viewing the video tutorial provided above)
Enter REDCap project > Left Menu > Designer > Enter instrument of choice > “Add Field” at desired location
Create fields in Online Designer as you normally would one after the other
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3. Adding the field icons: The usual icons pertaining to a field's Data History, Field Comments, and (if enabled) Missing Data Codes can be displayed on a data entry form (but not on a survey) next to the embedded field's new location by appending :icons to the variable name inside the braces/curly brackets - e.g., {last_name:icons}. The icons do not appear by default but only when the ':icons' signifier is attached.
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4. For reference a video on the subject can be found here: Video on Field Embedding
What the User Sees
Users may place fields in a grid/table for a more compact user-friendly page, or they can position fields close together in a group if they are related.
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