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The following guidance will be followed adhered to when implementing tabulation datasets: 


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Expected
Dataset Content

Data represented in tabulation datasets will include:

  • Data as originally collected or received.
  • Data from the protocol.
  • Assigned data.
  • Derived data.
2Dataset NamingEach domain dataset is distinguished by a unique, 2-character code that should be used consistently throughout the submission. This code, which is stored in the SDTM variable named DOMAIN, is used in 4 ways: as the dataset name, as the value of the DOMAIN variable in that dataset, as a prefix for most variable names in that dataset, and as a value in the RDOMAIN variable in relationship tables (see Section 8, Representing Relationships and Data).
3Splitting Datasets


Generally, a domain is represented by a single dataset. 

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