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Copy a study's set-up into a new study

In Settings > Export / Import, click Export configuration and download the file. Then click Import configuration, choose the file, name the new study and click Create Study. The copy is a draft with all forms in draft; team, sites and data are never copied.

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Where to find it

Settings > Export / Import > Study configuration

Export the configuration

  1. Open the study you want to copy and go to Settings > Export / Import.

  2. Click Export configuration and read what will and will not be exported.

  3. Click Download configuration.

    You get a .csb file.

Create the new study from it

  1. In Settings > Export / Import of any study, click Import configuration.

  2. Drop the .csb file, or click Select File.

  3. Check the source study and the list of what will be created, and enter the New Study Name.

  4. Click Create Study, then Open the new study.

    If anything is left to finish, such as uploading consent PDFs again, you see a To finish list.

What is copied

CopiedNever copied
Visit schedule, forms and their logic, edit checks and ranges, consent forms, treatment arms, email templates, notification rules and study settings.Study name and protocol number, team and invitations, sites, licences, credentials, participants and all their data, randomization assignments, kits and the audit trail.

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