Piping cross-instrumentally in REDCap

Cross-instrument piping is used to pipe information between instruments of the same project, and is useful for when there are longitudinal versions of a certain survey. This is different from cross-project piping, which is between separate projects. The cross-instrument piping allows for certain variables such as name, patient ID, contact information, etc. to be automatically populated into their longitudinal fields, saving clinicians time and reducing risk of errors.

How-to pipe using default action tag:

One way to pipe cross-instrumentally is to use the @DEFAULT action tag in the Action Tags/Field Annotation box at the bottom left of the REDCap field. The formatting differs between field types (ex. text box vs. dropdown).

You can find the event label unique event name by navigating to Project Setup, Define my Events, and using the event table as reference.