Domains

Permissions and access

Minimum role: Lab manager
Client type: web client

Overview

The Data Governance > Parameters view lets you create domains, which are data objects for categorizing or classifying parameters, factors, and responses. Domains are defined in hierarchical (nested) structures of parent-child relationships with each other. You can define multiple domain hierarchies, if required. The following diagram shows an example of a domain hierarchy with multiple levels of parent-child relationships that you can use to categorize parameters.

flowchart TD  
    A[Product parameters] -->|level 1| B[Process parameters]  
    A[Product parameters] -->|level 1| C[Research studies parameters]  
    B[Process parameters] -->|level 2| D[First-stage parameters]  
    B[Process parameters] -->|level 2| E[Second-stage parameters]  
    C[Research studies parameters] -->|level 2| F[Study group1 parameters]  
    C[Research studies parameters] -->|level 2| G[Study group2 parameters]  

Create a domain

To create a domain:

1. Navigate to the Data Governance > Parameters view.

   

2. Press the New Domain button in the top-right of the view.

   

   A new field appears for you to define a new domain.

   

3. Type a unique name for the new domain in the field.

4. Click or tap and hold the equal sign symbol on the right side of the new domain field, and drag the field to the desired position in the domain hierarchy, and drop it in place.

   The new domain is saved in the database.

Edit a domain

To edit a domain:

1. On the Data Governance > Parameters tab, in the list of domains, press the Edit icon beside the domain that you want to edit.

   The domain field becomes editable.

2. To edit the name of the domain, change the details, as needed, and press the Save icon.

Move a domain

The Move function enables you to move a domain to a different position within the hierarchy structure of the list of domains on the Parameters tab.

To move a domain:

1. On the Parameters tab, press the Edit icon to the right of the domain that you want to move.

   The domain field becomes editable.

   

   Note

   If you want to cancel the move, click or tap the Cancel button above the list of domains.

2. Click or tap and hold the equal sign (=) icon on the right side of the domain field, drag the field to a new position, as follows:

   • If the new position is at the root level of the hierarchy structure, drag the field to the top of the list and drop it in place.

   • If the new position is at the child level of an existing domain, drag the domain so that it hovers the existing domain until the background of the existing domain changes color and drop it in place.

3. Press the Save icon .

Delete a domain

CoBaseKRM supports the ability to delete a domain from the database.

Warning

Once you have deleted a domain, you will not be able to recover it. A deleted unit of measurement will be removed from views and fields where it was previously available for use.

To delete a domain:

1. On the Data Governance > Parameters view, press the Delete icon beside the domain that you want to delete.

   The Delete domain dialog appears.

   

   Note

   To cancel the deletion, press Cancel.

2. To proceed with the deletion, type the exact name of the domain in the input field.

   Note

   The input field is case sensitive. CoBaseKRM checks for the exact spelling of the parameter name before it will allow you to proceed with the deletion.

3. Click or tap Delete Domain.

   The domain is removed from the Domains list and is also deleted from the database.