REDCap 8.9

BUG FIXES & OTHER CHANGES:

• New features relating to Data Privacy (e.g., GDPR) – The new settings listed below are available on the “Edit a Project’s Settings” page for a given project. Thus these must be enabled by a REDCap administrator on a per-project basis

  • (optional) Delete a record's logging activity when deleting the record - If enabled, this will delete all the data values and actions logged for the given record being deleted as seen on the Project Logging page. Note: For multi-arm longitudinal projects, this feature will delete the record's logging for the given record only in the current arm. This feature can be used to aid in compliance with GDPR or similar regulations that require 'right to erasure'.

  • (optional) Auto-delete all Data Export Files in the File Repository that were created more than X days ago – To enable this setting, an administrator may set a value from 1 to 999 to set the number of days after which all Data Export files will get automatically deleted from the project’s File Repository. This feature can be used to aid in compliance with GDPR or similar regulations that require 'right to erasure'. NOTE: This will only delete files under the Data Export Files tab. No other types of files in the File Repository will be deleted.

  • (optional) Custom footer text for survey pages - Custom text may be provided (including HTML-formatted text) that will be displayed either via a modal dialog or inline at the bottom of all survey pages in the project. This could potentially be used for display a data privacy statement or other similar things that should be displayed on the same page where data is collected. Note: This is only display on survey pages.

• New feature: Report Folders - Reports can now be organized into folders in any given project. If a user has "Add/Edit Reports" privileges, they will see an "Organize" link on the left-hand project menu above the project’s reports. They will be able to create folders and then assign their reports to a folder, after which the project's reports will be displayed in collapsible groups on the left-hand menu.

• New feature: “Edit Access” for reports - In addition to setting "View Access" when creating or editing a report, users can now set the report's "Edit Access" (under Step 1) to control who in the project can edit, copy, or delete the report. This setting will be very useful if one wishes to prevent certain users from modifying or deleting particular reports.

• New feature: Report search - A new search feature exists on the left-hand menu to allow users to search within the title of that project’s reports to help them navigate to a report very quickly.