The following image illustrates the General Configuration application Questions|Basic page:
The General Configuration application Questions|Basic page consists of the following properties:
| Field |
Description |
| Category |
Used to categorize your questions (e.g. Marketing, personal). This is displayed when searching for a question. |
| Question Body |
Enter the question text as you want it to display. |
| Number of Responses |
The number of responses allowed. If you use this option and attach a Response List, be sure to set Unbound=No, otherwise the responses will always be limited to one.
If you are not using a Response List, allowing more than two responses will only display one response field to users. Desktop users can enter more responses by entering one response and then pressing CTRL+TAB to insert more response fields. If desktop users enter more than the allowed number of responses, they will receive a validation error. Online users however will always only be able to enter one response. |
| Rank |
Enter a numeric value to define the display order. |
| Response list |
Enables you to limit the response to the question to a predefined list. Click  to select a response list. Lists are created in the General Configuration application Lists|Basic page.
For more information, refer to General Configuration Lists-Basic Page. |
| Default Answer |
Select a default answer for the question. If you selected a response list, this default should reflect an option from the response list. |
| Subtype |
Alters the way that the question is presented or validated (e.g. selecting Color enables the colour selector). |
| Mode |
Defines how the users interact with the question:
- Readable: Defines whether the question is visible. Default indicates Yes.
- Writeable: Defines whether users can edit the question’s response. Default indicates Yes.
- Unbound: When using a response list, this defines whether users must select an option from the list or can enter their own value. Yes indicates that users can enter a value. No restricts the response to the list options. Default indicates Yes and should only be changed if you attach a response list. If you are allowing multiple responses with a response list, you must set this value to No.
- Persistable: Defines whether the response is saved to the database. Persistable data is saved to the database and so can be reloaded by the user at a later time. Non-persistable data only exists in memory and ceases to persist as soon as the user switches to a new order or logs out or whatever it takes to clear memory.
- Optional: Defines whether a response is optional. Default indicates Yes. If you make the question mandatory (Optional = No) but configure the question as optional on the series or performance, the question’s setting takes precedence and will thus appear as mandatory.
- Masked: Defines whether to mask the response to the question. Default indicates No. Currently, you cannot enable masking.
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| Roles allowed to ask this question |
Enables you to restrict access to this question to the selected roles.
To select more than one role, hold CTRL or SHIFT while making your selections. |
| Data [1-8] |
Enables you to store additional information specific to your organization.
Any data entered into these fields is searchable through Business Intelligence. To modify a data label, navigate to the Registry application Registry::EN::Business Objects::TSquestionBO::Question node and select the field that you want to re-label. |
| Multidata [1-2] |
Enables you to store additional information specific to your organization. To add additional fields, click  or press CTRL+TAB once you have made an entry.
Any data entered into these fields is searchable through Business Intelligence. To modify a multidata field label, navigate to the Registry application Registry::EN::Business Objects::TSquestionBO::Question node and select the field that you want to re-label. |