Patient Metadata Create form

Last updated: 15 Jul 2025

Overview #

This allows developers to dynamically display additional fields in the patient profile. For more guidance please reference “How to add additional profile fields” guide.

from canvas_sdk.effects.patient_metadata import PatientMetadataCreateFormEffect, InputType, FormField

PatientMetadataCreateFormEffect(form_fields=[
    FormField(
        key='status',
        label='Status',
        type=InputType.SELECT,
        required=False,
        editable=True,
        options=["open", "close"]
    ),
])

Structure #

FormField #

A FormField consists of the following properties:

Attributes #

Attribute	Type	Description
key	str	unique identifier of the field - patient metadata key
label	str	the label that will be displayed on the field
type	InputType	the type of the input - TEXT, SELECT, DATE.
required	bool	if the input is required.
editable	bool	if the input can be editabled.
options	list[str]	possible options for when the input type is set to “SELECT”

PatientMetadataCreateFormEffect #

A PatientMetadataCreateFormEffect consists of the following properties:

Attributes #

Attribute	Type	Description
form_fields	list[FormField]	list of fields.