How to display and embed a picture in REDCap
To display a picture in REDCap, the simple way usually works just fine. Â Just create a new variable. Choose Descriptive Text. Then Attach an image, and mark it as inline. Â
This will create an online image that looks like this: Â
It will also display in Survey and/or Data Entry Mode:Â
Additionally, you can embed a photo to customize its alignment on the page.
The first step to do this is to repeat the above process with the picture you would like to host and display. Â
It will create a variable in the build view that looks like this. Â
Then create a descriptive text field with the image variable in { } brackets and use the rich text editor to format the placement of the photo as needed. Note: A photo can be embedded into any field type
Final Result: