Flowsheet View Create flowsheet views specific to your site to assemble into your customized flowsheets. You can create an unlimited number of pages flowsheet views. You build a flowsheet view by adding, editing, and removing terms, as well as by arranging the display order of the terms. Flowsheet views are set up to determine how to do the following: General Display Name: Display Name describes the flowsheet view with a unique name, so you can identify it in the list of flowsheet views. Time Interval: Time Interval sets the default time interval for the view display when accessed through CP Flowsheets. Choices range from one minute to 24 hours. X-Axis: X-Axis sets the column headers along the top of a view to Date/Time or Terminology selections. Y-axis represents data type (rows) along the left side of a view. Comment: Optional – You can provide additional information regarding the flowsheet view. Active: The flowsheet view is active and available in CP Flowsheets. Note: If the Active check box is not selected, the view does not load and you cannot enter data. A pop-up displays to indicate that the view is not active. The inactive view may display in the report.
In the tree view, an active view appears with a brightly colored magnifying glass icon. Allow Pivot: Allow Pivot switches the x-axis (column) selection to present along the y-axis (row) of a view. You can make the switch while using the flowsheet.
Select and clear the check box to change the default view of the flowsheet view. Terminology Display Name: You assign a name to the flowsheet view that displays in CP Flowsheets on your flowsheet. Use the View Terminology Editor window to add terms (click Add) and to modify existing terms (click Edit). Term The Term section allows you to customize the term parameters and associated qualifiers. Term: Term is the approved, standardized wording used for the observed clinical procedure/activity. Default Unit: Default Unit is the unit of measure at which to set the default.
You must select a default unit for a numeric unit.

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Body temperature is always entered in degrees Fahrenheit. Select Degrees F from the drop-down list. Then you do not need to select Degrees F every time you enter a temperature. Display Name: Display Name describes the selected term with a unique name, so you can identify it in the list of terms. Display Width: Display Width is the maximum number of characters used in the field. Display Columns: Display Columns is the number of columns to display in the view. Use Dropdown: Use Dropdown allows you to display selections in a flowsheet in a drop-down list rather than a radio button options. Display Only: Display Only prevents you from manually adding data for the observations. Term Display Properties: You can select one or more properties for the selected term to provide calculations automatically for display in the view. Qualifiers A qualifier is an additional choice you can add to a term, such as the examples below. Not all terms have qualifiers. A term can have several qualifiers as specified in the terminology list. Those that display depend on the term you select. If the term you select has qualifiers associated with it, you make additional selections. You identify the type of qualifier by selecting the associated check box, such as You indicate that a qualifier is a required field by selecting a Mandatory check box. Note: If a qualifier is set to Mandatory, you cannot clear the qualifier from the input form of the flowsheet view in CP Flowsheets. You can clear the qualifiers that are not mandatory with the ESC key. You select a descriptor for the type of qualifier from the respective drop-down list. Example
Systolic Pressure has three qualifiers available: Method, Quality, and/or Position. Define a method for reading systolic pressure by selecting one or more of the qualifiers with associated parameters. For information on creating a flowsheet view, refer to Creating a Flowsheet View.