Custom Fields

Custom fields questions offer the following options:

Property Name

Property Description

Question Name*

The name of the survey question. This name doesn't appear when participants complete the survey. It appears in reports and when answers are downloaded in PDF format.

Question Text*

The text of the question.

Variable

A variable name to use when exporting the data for this question. If no variable name is specified, the question name is used when exporting data.

Mandatory

Indicates if this question is mandatory and must be completed by participants.

Conditions

The conditions that make this question mandatory. The question will be mandatory only for participants whose answers meet the specified conditions.

Hidden

Indicates if this question is hidden when participants complete the survey. Instead of deleting a question and loosing it's data associated, you can hide it.

Grouped

Indicates if this question is grouped on the same page with the proceeding question(s).

Participant Comments

Indicates if participants can provide comments in a comments box that appears below the question. Enable this option if you have an "Other" option and you want participants to be able to provide details.

Comments Label

The label to display above the comments box if comments are enabled.

Max. Length

The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the comments field.

Single Line

Indicates if a simple text field or multiline text field is displayed.

Timeout

The maximum number of seconds a participant has to complete the question. Once the timeout has expired, the participant will no longer be able to complete the question.

Disable Previous

Indicates if the "Previous" button is disabled. When activated, once a participant reaches this question in the survey, they can no longer use the previous button to change answers to previous questions.

Require on Invite

Indicates if the answer to this question must be provided when you invite participants using the invitation wizard.

Write Once

Indicates if the answer to this question becomes read only and cannot be changed once the participant clicks the "Next" button.

* denotes a mandatory field.

All field types

All field types offer the following properties:

Property

Description

Type

The type of the field (read only).

Name*

The name of the field

Description

The description of the field that appears in a tooltip.

Show Field Name

Inidicates if the field name is visible on screen.

Show Field Name Above Field

Indicates if the field name appears above the field controls instead of on the left of the controls.

Label Vertical Alignment

The vertical alignement of the field label on screen.

Label Horizontal Alignment

The horizontal alignement of the field label on screen.

Hide in Search

Inidicates if this field is hidden when defining search criteria.

Display Field

Indiciates if this field appears as a column in the participants list.

Conditions

The conditions that determine if this field is visible on screen. The conditions allow the display of the field based on values entered in other fields.

Write Once

Indicates if the value in this field can be entered only once. Once a value is present the field becomes read onle.

Extend

Indiciates if this field's width will take up all the remaining space available on screen in the row of fields.

Height (px)

The height of the field in pixels.

Hide When No Value

Indicates if this field is hidden when it doesn't contain a value.

Identifier

The unique identifier of this field (read ony).

Width (px)

The width of this field in pixels.

Label Width (px)

The width of the field's label in pixels.

Read Only

Indicates if this field's value is read only and cannot be changed.

New Line

Indicates if this field will be displayed on a new row or on the same row as the preceeding field.

Multilingual Name

Indicates if the field name is different in different languages. When this option is enabled, it's possible to specify the field name in each language.

Mandatory

Indicates if this field is mandatory.

Mandatory (Conditions)

Indicates the conditions when this field is mandatory. The conditions allow the field to be mandatory based on values entered in other fields.

Require on invite

Indicates if a value for this field must be entered when inviting participants to complete the survey by using the invitation wizard.

Multilingual Values

Indiciates if participants can provide a value for this field in each language of the survey.

Validate on Survey Access

Indicates if this field is considered when the "Validate personal information" or "Prevent Multiple Responses" options are enabled for the survey.

Variable

The name of the variable to use when exporting this field's values.

* denotes a mandatory field.

Calculation

The Calculation field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Calculation Formula

The formulat used to calculate this field's value.

Currency Symbol

A currency symbol to display beside the field's value.

Decimals

The number of decimals allowed in the value.

Checkbox

A checkbox field allows a participant to check a box

Colour

A colour field allows the participant to select a colour using a colour picker.

Date

The Date field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Created On

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date on which it is first saved.

Date Range

Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end date.

Last Saved

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date on which it was last saved.

Date Time

The Date Time field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Created On

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date and time on which it is first saved.

Date Time Range

Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end date time.

Last Saved

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date time on which it was last saved.

Description

A Description field allows the display of additional text on screen.

Dropdown

The Dropdown field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Multi Select

Indicates if more than one value can be selected.

Separated Selection

Indiciates if the list is separated in two controls, one list of available values and one list of selected values.

Sorted

Indicates if values are sorted alphabetically.

Sorted Selection

Indicates participants can order the selected values.

Values

The list of values from which the participant can select

File

A file field allows participants to upload files with their responses.

Identifier

The Identifier field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Format

A format for the unique identifier. The following tags can be included in the format.

  • [id] this tag will be replaced by the unique numeric value
  • [d:yyyy-MM-dd] this tag will be replaced by the current data when the unique numeric value is generated. It's possible to change the date format, for example MM-dd-yyyy.

Minimum number of digits

The minimum number of digits to include in the unique identifier. If the identifier generated doesn't have a sufficient number of digits, 0s will be added as suffix.

Prefix

A prefix that will be placed before the unique identifier.

Link

A link field allows a participant to enter a link towards a web page.

Multi Line Text

The Multi Line Text field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Maximum Length

The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the field.

Minimum Length

The minimum number of characters that must be entered in the field.

Number

The Number field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Currency Symbol

A currency symbol to display beside the field's value.

Decimals

The number of decimals allowed in the value.

Maximum Value

The maximum value that can be entered in the field.

Minimum Value

The minimum value that must be entered in the field.

Single Line Text

The Single Line Text field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Maximum Length

The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the field.

Minimum Length

The minimum number of characters that must be entered in the field.

Reg. Ex.

A regular expression to validate the value entered in the field.

Reg. Ex. Message

The error message to display if the value entered doesn't match the regular expression.

Time

The Time field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Created On

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the time on which it is first saved.

Time Range

Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end time.

Last Saved

Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the time on which it was last saved.

Tree

The Tree field type offers the following properties:

Property

Description

Multi Select

Indicates if more than one value can be selected.

Leaf Only Selection

Indiciates if only leaf values can be selected. A leaf value is a value which doesn't have any child values.

Show as dropdowns

Indicates if the field is displayed as a series of dropdowns. Each dropdown displays the values for a level of the tree.

Values

The values of the tree.

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