Using Report Macros
Introduction
Clinical Reporting Application (CRA) supports the creation and use of user-defined macros to automatically insert predefined values into specified report controls. The Macros control is located on the application toolbar.
Macros are specific to report definitions and can be assigned to all staff, specific users, or specific user roles. Each of the actions performed by a macro can be manually deleted or modified, if necessary. You can use Macros to support multiple actions, such as:
- Select a check box.
- Insert a number into a numeric control.
- Add text in a text entry field.
- Select a value in a combo box (drop-down list).
- Add text or comments to a Findings control.
Steps
- Click Macros
on the application toolbar to display a
drop-down list with all of the macros available for the current report
definition. - Select
a macro from the list. The following message is an example of what might
be displayed:
Executing Macro Action ....Procedure Details Findings Control.
Results
When a macro control is executed, the command embedded in the macro is executed. For example, if you selected the default macro, TAVI: Groin Access, this macro populates the Details and Summary report sections, located in the Conclusions of a report Preview for the factory default Cath template, with comments.