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REDCap: Data Dictionary CSV Export

For users collecting data in a REDCap data management system, HEAL-compliant data dictionaries can be generated directly from REDCap exports.

The REDCap data dictionary export serves the purpose of providing variable-level metadata in a standardized, tabular format and is generally easy to export. The HEAL data utilities leverages this user experience and standardized format to enable HEAL researchers to generate a Heal-compliant data dictionary.

Export your Redcap data dictionary

To download a REDCap CSV export, do the following*:

  1. After logging in to your REDCap project page, locate the Data dictionary page. A link to this page may be available on the project side bar (see image below) or in the Project Setup tab at the top of your page.

redcap_dd_link

  1. After arriving at the Data dictionary page, click on Download the current data dictionary to export the dictionary (see below).

redcap_export_link

*there may be slight differences depending on your specific REDCap instance and version

Run the vlmd command

vlmd extract --inputtype redcap input/example_redcap_demo.redcap.csv