{"id":1013,"date":"2017-11-13T16:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T21:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/?page_id=1013"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:08:59","slug":"redcap-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap\/redcap-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"REDCap Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap\/\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to REDCap Homepage<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"top\" class=\"redcap-systems\" style=\"max-width: 1100px;margin: 0 auto;line-height: 1.7;color: #1f2937\">\n<div style=\"background: #64C7C9;border: 1px solid #bae6fd;padding: 18px 20px;margin: 24px 0;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>UCH REDCap Environments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>REDCap at UConn Health consists of two separate systems: <strong>Development<\/strong> and <strong>Production<\/strong>. Each environment serves a different purpose within the project lifecycle.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fff7ed;border-left: 6px solid #ea580c;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 22px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Development and Production are separate REDCap environments. Projects, user rights, passwords, and account activations may differ between the two systems.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f0f9ff;border: 1px solid #bae6fd;padding: 16px 18px;margin: 24px 0;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.2em\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0;padding-left: 20px\">\n<li><a href=\"#development\">Development System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#production\">Production System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#key-differences\">Key Differences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"development\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Development System<\/h2>\n<p>The Development system is intended for building, configuring, testing, and revising REDCap projects before active data collection begins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px;margin: 20px 0\"><strong>REDCap Development URL<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dev-redcap.uchc.edu\/redcap\">https:\/\/dev-redcap.uchc.edu\/redcap<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Common uses for Development projects include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px\">\n<li>Building forms and surveys<\/li>\n<li>Testing branching logic and calculations<\/li>\n<li>Configuring survey workflows and invitations<\/li>\n<li>Testing reports and dashboards<\/li>\n<li>Conducting pilot testing and user review<\/li>\n<li>Training and project setup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Development projects remain editable and flexible while study teams finalize the project design.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Best practice:<\/strong> Thoroughly test all project functionality in Development before requesting production status and beginning active data collection.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"production\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Production System<\/h2>\n<p>The Production system is intended for active, live data collection after project development and testing have been completed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px;margin: 20px 0\"><strong>REDCap Production URL<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uchredcap.uchc.edu\/redcap\">https:\/\/uchredcap.uchc.edu\/redcap<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Production projects are used for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px\">\n<li>Active participant enrollment<\/li>\n<li>Real study data collection<\/li>\n<li>Survey distribution to participants<\/li>\n<li>Long-term project management during study operations<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory and research data capture activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once a project is moved to Production:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px\">\n<li>Project changes become more restricted<\/li>\n<li>Certain modifications may require administrator review and approval<\/li>\n<li>Additional safeguards are applied to help protect study data integrity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #fff7ed;border-left: 6px solid #ea580c;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Production projects should only be used after all forms, logic, workflows, calculations, and testing have been carefully reviewed and finalized in Development.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: 30px 0;border: 0;border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"key-differences\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Key Differences<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;margin: 20px 0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px;text-align: left;background: #f3f4f6\">Feature<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px;text-align: left;background: #f3f4f6\">Development<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px;text-align: left;background: #f3f4f6\">Production<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Purpose<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Project building and testing<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Live study data collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Project Changes<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Freely editable<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Restricted \/ reviewed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Data Type<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Test or pilot data<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Real study data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Recommended Use<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Design, testing, training<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d5db;padding: 10px\">Active research operations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Reminder:<\/strong> Account activation, passwords, and user access may differ between Development and Production. Access to one system does not necessarily guarantee access to the other.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 12px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap\/\">Back to REDCap Homepage<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to REDCap Homepage UCH REDCap Environments REDCap at UConn Health consists of two separate systems: Development and Production. Each environment serves a different purpose within the project lifecycle. Important: Development and Production are separate REDCap environments. Projects, user rights, passwords, and account activations may differ between the two systems. 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