Log in as described in Logging In - 2021-06-04. The home page appears, with objects you have specified as favorites in the Favorites panel (if any).
Select Manage > Manage Data. The Manage Data page appears.
Select Download Collection. The Download Collection page appears. (For instructions on adding this page to your favorites, refer to Managing Your Favorites - 2021-06-04.)
Select Download Collection Commands > Create RAVE ALS Collection. The Create New RAVE ALS Collection dialog box appears.
Enter information as described in the following tables:
Fill in each required field, indicated by an asterisk (*):
Field Instructions Collection Name
This name will be used by the system to create your ALS File Name with the Collection ID and system timestamp.
- You may want to keep this name brief.
- Avoid the use of special symbols “[“, “]”, “\”, “/”, “;”, “:”, “%”, “#”, “@”, “$”, “{“, “}”, “|”.
- Collection Names cannot begin with the characters 0 through 9.
- To avoid redundancy, do not include the string “ALS” in the Collection Name (it is automatically prepended to the filename upon generation).
- Also, in Sprint 19 the choice of PV or PVM will be appended to the name.
- You can create more than one collection so you may want to use the project name or protocol
Component Type
– choose “Form”
Downloading CDE collections is not ready for testing
Download Format
– Set as “RAVE ALS”
RAVE Project Name
This is the project name that will be imported into RAVE
Select User Data String Source
Choose PV or PVM
Fill in any desired optional fields in black:
Field Instructions Recipient Email(s) –
enter one or more email addresses separated by spaces for receipt of the ALS file
Collection Description
Audit Comments
Draft Form Name if Downloading CDEs –
will default to user name and time stamp if not entered – Collections of CDEs are NOT READY FOR TESTING
Click Create near the top of the dialog box. The system creates your collection and displays a message with the ID of your collection at top of the Download Collection page.