Configure Signal Calculation Objects

Learn how to configure signal calculation objects for signal detection and reporting.

About Signal Calculation Objects

Signal calculation objects run calculations on the Safety database to return a list of Product-Event Combinations (PECs). Users can use these objects to manually run calculations against the PV data to generate ad-hoc reports.

Signal calculation objects include:

• Signal Calculations Setting: This object groups Signal Calculations together for a particular Product Type, for example, Drugs.
• Signal Calculations: This object allows you to specify the calculation that will be used in the run. This object also references a safety view and its configuration (for example, SQL and filters) for the run.
• Signal Calculation Runs: This object references a Signal Calculations Setting and Signal Calculation to accomplish the following:
  • Admins can troubleshoot and test the calculation setup.
  • Users can manually run ad-hoc signal calculations.

For more information on calculations, see Signal Detection Calculations.

Create Signal Calculations Settings & Signal Calculations

Follow the steps below to create Signal Calculation Settings and Signal Calculation records:

1. Navigate to Business Admin > Objects > Signal Calculations Settings.
2. Select Create.
3. Complete the following information:
   • Name: Enter a name for the Signal Calculations Setting. For example, “Drugs from Safety Database”.
   • Description: (Optional) Enter a description for the Signal Calculations Setting.
4. Select Save.

5. To add Signal Calculation records to the Signal Calculations Setting, expand the Calculations setting and select Create.

   A Create Signal Calculation window appears.

6. Complete the following information:
   • Query Type: Select an option from the drop-down.
   • Signal View: Select a safety view from the drop-down or select the Advanced Search () icon to use filters and refine your search.
7. Select Save.
8. Create additional records as needed.

Create Signal Calculation Runs

Follow the steps below to create Signal Calculation Runs:

1. Navigate to Business Admin > Objects > Signal Calculation Runs.
2. Select Create.
3. Complete the following information:
   • Name: Enter a name for the Signal Calculation Run.
   • Calculations Setting: Select an option from the drop-down or select the Advanced Search icon to use filters and refine your search.
   • Calculation: Select an option from the drop-down or select the Advanced Search icon to use filters and refine your search. After selecting a calculation, the Filters section inherits the filters configured on the associated safety views. For more information about inheriting filters from the safety views, see Add Safety View Filters in Safety Signal.
   • Reporting Period: Select an option from the drop-down or select the Advanced Search icon to use filters and refine your search.
4. In the Filters section, expand each filter group and define any filter parameters as needed. You can also add additional filters to this calculation run. See Add Safety View Filters in Safety Signal for instructions.
5. Select Save.

Results

When a user runs this Signal Calculation Run, Vault considers the query type and all related filters when returning the results.

For more information about running signal calculations, see Signal Detection Using PV Data.