CDISC ODM Procedure

LOCATION Statement

Specifies information about the physical location of the study.
Restriction: This is an advanced statement. You must be familiar with CDISC ODM.
Requirements: Optional for exporting.

Metadata attributes must be stored in a SAS data set that you reference in the DATA= argument. You cannot specify metadata attributes in the LOCATION statement.

Syntax

LOCATION DATA=libref.member-name ;

Required Argument

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.
LOCATIONOID="ODM-identifier"
specifies a unique identifier for a location. 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.
NAME="location-name"
specifies the name of the location. Enclose the name in single or double quotation marks.
Requirement:Required.
LOCATIONTYPE=SPONSOR | SITE | CRO | LAB | OTHER
specifies the type of location.
Requirement:Required.
STUDYOID="ODM-identifier"
specifies a unique identifier for the study in which this location is participating. 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.
METADATAVERSIONOID="ODM-identifier"
specifies the metadata version that is used at the location. 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.
EFFECTIVEDATE="date"
specifies the date of the metadata version, in compliance with ISO 8601 guidelines. Enclose the date in single or double quotation marks.
Requirement:Required.