Project Building

Building an Instrument

Understanding Events

Defining events is one approach to allow data collection on a single instrument multiple times.

When should events be used?

• instruments will be used to collect data multiple times at specific intervals

• a long data structure (i.e. multiple rows per record with new rows for timepoints) is desired

When should events NOT be used?

• instruments will be used only once

• a wide data structure (i.e. one row per record with new columns for timepoints) is desired

• for organizational purposes - this approach can unnecessarily complicate the data structure and may result in additional data management workload

Enabling Surveys