CLR110 Clarity Data Model UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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A Chronicles item can store one or more 1. B, C and F. If a Chronicles item can store one or more options it is a multiple
options from a limited list. Which of the response item. If the options come from a limited list, that item may be a category
following could account for this behavior? item, where the category list is the list of options, or networked, where the records
(Choose all that apply) or contacts in the destination master file is the list of options
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
0. Identify the data elements you will need for the report.
What are the steps to writing a report 1. Find the INI + Item numbers of the data points to use on the report
request? 2. Use the INI + Item numbers to find the appropriate Clarity tables and columns.
3. Join the Clarity tables together using the correct foreign key information
- Item Information Window (Ctrl + click)
What activities in Chronicles can be used to - Record Viewer
look up information about data? - Item Editor
- Category List Maintenance
When will Ctrl + click not work? If the field is read-only or simply incompatible
What does the Record Viewer show? The Record Viewer provides a read-only view of raw data in a Chronicles record.
When ctrl+click doesn't work to find the INI + Item number for a piece of data, and
When should you use Record Viewer?
you know the specific record or contact you're interested in
If you see '101-Inpatient' stored in Record '101'
Viewer, what is actually stored in Clarity
, I IDM 130 is a networked item that is not NULL
filled in for a particular record. What value
will be extracted to Clarity for this item, and
other Chronicles items that are not filled
out?
What value will be extracted to Caboodle If the column is a key column, Caboodle will have a -1 letting report writers know that
for this item, and other networked items this value was not populated in the source, while still enforcing referential integrity.
that are not filled out in Chronicles?
Not all fields are populated in Chronicles, ETL data cleansing deletes incorrectly
When do null values exist in Clarity?
formatted data, and/or a column is deprecated and can no longer extract data
The Item Editor shows the definitions of a Chronicles Item. Note that it does not
What does the Item Editor show? show a particular value stored in the item. Instead, it shows information about how
the item behaves for all values.
What is a category list? A category list is a list of defined values that can be stored in a Chronicles item.
The Release Range describes which category values are released by Epic and
cannot be changed. Note that any category values you see in Training that are
What is the Release Range?
outside the release range may differ from what you see back home at your
organization.
A Chronicles item stores a single value, but A and D. If a Chronicles item can store only one value it is a single response item. If a
can store a separate value for each contact separate value is stored on each contact the add type is Overtime.
on a record. Which of the following could
account for this behavior? (Choose all that
apply)
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
An item's Add Type describes how long a piece of data is valid. It determines
What is an Add Type?
whether an item's value is stored on each contact, or directly to the record.
No-Add items store data directly on a record, not a specific contact. The value is true
No-Add
for all contacts on the record.
Response each time items store values separately on each of a record's contacts. If a
Response-Each-Time response each time item is blank for a certain contact, it should be considered
unknown.
Lookback items store values separately on each contact, but assume that the last
Lookback
value entered remains true until a new value is entered.
Since both response each time and lookback items store data on the contact, these
Difference between overtime and no-add add types may collectively be referred to as overtime add types.
types? No-Add data is stored at the record level, while Overtime data is stored at the
contact level.
An item's Response Type determines how many lines of data an item can hold. For
What is a response type? example, at any one time, a patient has only one date of birth, but she can have
multiple symptoms, or a multi-line address.
Single Response? Only one line of data can be stored per contact.
Multiple lines of data can be stored per contact.
Multiple Response? These lines might be discrete pieces of data, such as multiple symptoms, or they
might be multiple lines of a block of text, such as an address.
Answers
A Chronicles item can store one or more 1. B, C and F. If a Chronicles item can store one or more options it is a multiple
options from a limited list. Which of the response item. If the options come from a limited list, that item may be a category
following could account for this behavior? item, where the category list is the list of options, or networked, where the records
(Choose all that apply) or contacts in the destination master file is the list of options
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
0. Identify the data elements you will need for the report.
What are the steps to writing a report 1. Find the INI + Item numbers of the data points to use on the report
request? 2. Use the INI + Item numbers to find the appropriate Clarity tables and columns.
3. Join the Clarity tables together using the correct foreign key information
- Item Information Window (Ctrl + click)
What activities in Chronicles can be used to - Record Viewer
look up information about data? - Item Editor
- Category List Maintenance
When will Ctrl + click not work? If the field is read-only or simply incompatible
What does the Record Viewer show? The Record Viewer provides a read-only view of raw data in a Chronicles record.
When ctrl+click doesn't work to find the INI + Item number for a piece of data, and
When should you use Record Viewer?
you know the specific record or contact you're interested in
If you see '101-Inpatient' stored in Record '101'
Viewer, what is actually stored in Clarity
, I IDM 130 is a networked item that is not NULL
filled in for a particular record. What value
will be extracted to Clarity for this item, and
other Chronicles items that are not filled
out?
What value will be extracted to Caboodle If the column is a key column, Caboodle will have a -1 letting report writers know that
for this item, and other networked items this value was not populated in the source, while still enforcing referential integrity.
that are not filled out in Chronicles?
Not all fields are populated in Chronicles, ETL data cleansing deletes incorrectly
When do null values exist in Clarity?
formatted data, and/or a column is deprecated and can no longer extract data
The Item Editor shows the definitions of a Chronicles Item. Note that it does not
What does the Item Editor show? show a particular value stored in the item. Instead, it shows information about how
the item behaves for all values.
What is a category list? A category list is a list of defined values that can be stored in a Chronicles item.
The Release Range describes which category values are released by Epic and
cannot be changed. Note that any category values you see in Training that are
What is the Release Range?
outside the release range may differ from what you see back home at your
organization.
A Chronicles item stores a single value, but A and D. If a Chronicles item can store only one value it is a single response item. If a
can store a separate value for each contact separate value is stored on each contact the add type is Overtime.
on a record. Which of the following could
account for this behavior? (Choose all that
apply)
A. Single Response
B. Multiple Response
C. Networked
D. Overtime
E. No-Add
F. Category
An item's Add Type describes how long a piece of data is valid. It determines
What is an Add Type?
whether an item's value is stored on each contact, or directly to the record.
No-Add items store data directly on a record, not a specific contact. The value is true
No-Add
for all contacts on the record.
Response each time items store values separately on each of a record's contacts. If a
Response-Each-Time response each time item is blank for a certain contact, it should be considered
unknown.
Lookback items store values separately on each contact, but assume that the last
Lookback
value entered remains true until a new value is entered.
Since both response each time and lookback items store data on the contact, these
Difference between overtime and no-add add types may collectively be referred to as overtime add types.
types? No-Add data is stored at the record level, while Overtime data is stored at the
contact level.
An item's Response Type determines how many lines of data an item can hold. For
What is a response type? example, at any one time, a patient has only one date of birth, but she can have
multiple symptoms, or a multi-line address.
Single Response? Only one line of data can be stored per contact.
Multiple lines of data can be stored per contact.
Multiple Response? These lines might be discrete pieces of data, such as multiple symptoms, or they
might be multiple lines of a block of text, such as an address.
