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Summary

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What this benchmark means
README.md

Goal: derive SEX for one record per subject from the subject's collected answer.

Input: long-form Operational Data Model (ODM) data with one row per collected item, exported with an extra field naming the user who entered each record. The export repeats one subject's sex record, once under each of two users.

Variables:

  • SEX would be the subject's answer to the sex question.

The two records agree on the subject, visit, form, repeat, and item, and differ only in the user field, which is the vendor's own and identifies no record. The run stops and reports that the input repeats one record.

How to fix

A repeated record is a defect in the extract, not a choice the mapping can make. Remove the duplicate from the export, or have the vendor deliver the current record only, and run the same mapping again.

Expected failure

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the run is rejected; no artifact is accepted
expected/error.yaml
phase
derivation
condition
odm_not_unique
requirement
REQ-1278
expected/error.yaml
phase: derivation
condition: odm_not_unique
spec_paths:
  - columns.SEX.derivation.odm
requirement: REQ-1278
context:
  item: ODM.IT.DM.SEX
  records: 2
  differ: {}
  repeated: true

Inputs

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1 source file

input/odm.csv

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5 rows
input/odm.csv
StudyOIDMetaDataVersionOIDSubjectKeyStudyEventOIDStudyEventRepeatKeyFormOIDFormRepeatKeyItemGroupOIDItemGroupRepeatKeyItemOIDValueENTEREDBY
STUDY01MDV.1001SCREENING1FO.DM1IG.DM1IT.DM.SEXFjdoe
STUDY01MDV.1001SCREENING1FO.DM1IG.DM1IT.DM.AGE34jdoe
STUDY01MDV.1002SCREENING1FO.DM1IG.DM1IT.DM.SEXMjdoe
STUDY01MDV.1002SCREENING1FO.DM1IG.DM1IT.DM.AGE28jdoe
STUDY01MDV.1001SCREENING1FO.DM1IG.DM1IT.DM.SEXFasmith

Unexpected Output

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No artifact is produced

No fixture files in this directory.

Shaded columns are derived— = missing value

Comments and assessment materials

Comments

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Mapping spec

Generated from the benchmark YAML; do not edit by hand

Variable NameVariable LabelTypeLengthControlled Terms or FormatOriginCoreConversion DefinitionVariable TypeVariable OrderComments for Define
STUDYIDStudy IdentifierCharCollectedCopy value from ODM.StudyOID.SDTM1
USUBJIDUnique Subject IdentifierCharCollectedCopy value from ODM.SubjectKey.SDTM2
SEXSexCharCollectedRead collected ODM item IT.DM.SEX; no identified record yields blank.SDTM3
VersionDateAuthorDescriptionReviewerSign-off
1.32026-09-29yamaa docs buildShow study codelist names, external dictionaries, and ISO 8601 formats in variable rows; list the document's codelist values and metadata
1.22026-09-29yamaa docs buildClassify ADaM copies from a declared input as Predecessor and recodes as Derived, and SDTM recodes of locally derived columns as Derived
1.12026-09-29yamaa docs buildResolve lookups into the donor record they select, and give every derivation shape a plain-language rule instead of its raw YAML
1.0yamaa docs buildInitial generation from spec.yaml