InfoPath / SharePoint

Description

InfoPath® 2007 is a product from Microsoft® that enables you to create web-based forms without any knowledge of programming or web design. SharePoint® is a platform for hosting InfoPath forms and attaching workflows to them. SharePoint also has many other uses including web hosting and document management.

Available to

Cincinnati Children's investigators and research staff

Features

Key InfoPath features include skip logic, conditional formatting and data validation. See our frequently asked questions for details.

Accessing InfoPath 2007

InfoPath 2007 is now available on BMI's Citrix servers. To use InfoPath 2007, you need to complete two tasks:

Installing the Citrix Client [Windows | Mac]
Configuring the Citrix Client for InfoPath 2007 [Windows | Mac]

User guides and online training

BMI has developed the following user guides for Cincinnati Children's users:

Microsoft offers the following online InfoPath training materials:

Demo: Importing forms from Word
Demo: Using data validation
Demo: Understanding the business logic of a form
Training Labs: InfoPath 2003 - step-by-step guidance on more than a dozen basic and advanced tasks; most content also applies to InfoPath 2007

Individual and group training

BMI also offers group and one-on-one training sessions on InfoPath and SharePoint. If you are interested in scheduling a session, contact help-sharepoint@bmi.cchmc.org

Cost

Cost varies based on needs. For more information, contact help-sharepoint@bmi.cchmc.org

For technical assistance with other research software, email software@bmi.cchmc.org. For basic desktop support or assistance with clinical information systems, call the Cincinnati Children's Service Desk, 513-636-4100, or visit the Information Services CenterLink site. UC employees should call the UCit Help Desk, 513-556-HELP.

A note about UCit software

UC researchers are served with desktop software by UCIT. In many cases this software is licensed specifically to UC employees only (i.e., people who receive paychecks from UC) or must be run on UC-owned or controlled equipment, making it inaccessible to Cincinnati Children's personnel. Please make sure you read the license agreement carefully before you use UC software.

Faculty and students of UC are eligible to purchase software from UC. However, when purchasing from UC, the license agreement states that the software can be installed only on your personally owned or UC-owned computer and not on machines owned by other institutions. Since Children’s Hospital is a separate entity from UC, installing software purchased from UC on CCHMC owned computers is a violation of that license agreement. There is a difference in the price of software purchased from Biomedical Informatics at Children’s Hospital versus from the UC Bookstore. This difference is because UC qualifies for the educational discount whereas Children’s Hospital does not. Although Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is affiliated with UC, we are not a degree granting institution. We are a hospital, therefore we only qualify for the healthcare/non-profit discount.