CDISC Procedure for CDISC ODM

SIGNATURE Statement

Specifies information about the signatures required in administering the study.

Restriction:	This is an advanced statement. You must be familiar with CDISC ODM.
Requirement:	Optional for exporting.
Requirement:	Metadata attributes must be stored in a SAS data set that you reference in the DATA= argument. You cannot specify metadata attributes in the SIGNATURE statement.

SIGNATURE DATA=libref.member-name ;

Arguments

DATA=libref.member-name

specifies the SAS data set that contains the metadata attributes. The libref, which is assigned with the LIBNAME statement, is an alias for the data storage location where member-name is stored.

SIGNATUREOID="ODM-identifier"

specifies a unique identifier for the signature. Enclose the identifier in single or double quotation marks. A string of characters up to the maximum OID length that is defined in CDISC ODM is supported.

Requirement:

Required.

METHODOLOGY=DIGITAL | ELECTRONIC

specifies the form in which the signature was stored.

Requirement:

Required.

MEANING="string"

specifies information about the context in which the signature has meaning. Enclose the string in single or double quotation marks.

Requirement:

Required.

LEGALREASON="string"

specifies why signature authentication is necessary. Enclose the string in single or double quotation marks. A string of characters up to the maximum OID length that is defined in CDISC ODM is supported.

Requirement:

Required.

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