Select a Question Mode from the options offered. Depending on your selection, further fields appear.
Mode selected
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Additional fields
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Freeform
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- Property Name - Use SmartPrompt to locate and select the property name this answer represents.
- Default — Select the property to provide the default value for this answer. To create a new property to provide the default, click the icon beside the field.
- Format — Select the format in which the user provides the response. The options are
- Text — A text entry field
- TextArea — A multi-line text input field for providing a longer answer. Additional fields appear where you specify the number of rows and columns in the control.
- Date — A control for selecting a date.
- DateTime — A control for selecting a date and time.
- Edit Validate — Select the Edit-Validate rule with which to validate the answer. To create a new Edit-Validate rule, click the icon beside the field.
- Validation — Select the validation rule to use. To create a new validation rule, click the icon beside the field.
- Size – The width of the text field.
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Radio Buttons
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- Property Name — Use SmartPrompt to locate and select the property name this answer represents.
- Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
- Direction — Select
Horizontal or Vertical .
- Number of Items Before Wrap — Enter the number of radio buttons in a row (horizontal) or column (vertical) in the display.
In the grid, add a row for each radio button that appears. Set the values for each item:
- When — Optional. Select a When rule that governs whether this answer appears.
- Display Value — The radio button label.
- Value — The value of this option. This is the value that gets copied to the clipboard when the button is clicked.
- Score — If you have established a scoring system for the survey's questions, the value for this answer goes here.
- Selected — Select this option to have the radio button selected when the user reaches this question. Only one radio button in the group can be selected.
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Dropdown Menu
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- Property Name — Use SmartPrompt to locate and select the property name this answer represents.
- Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
In the grid, add a row for each item in the drop-down menu. Set the values for each item:
- When — Optional. Select a When rule that governs whether this answer appears.
- Display Value — The radio button label.
- Value — The value of this option. This is the value that gets copied to the clipboard when the button is clicked.
- Score — If you have established a scoring system for the survey's questions, the value for this answer goes here.
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Dynamic Dropdown Menu
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The system dynamically creates the entries in the menu, depending on the settings you specify:
- Property Name — Use SmartPrompt to locate and select the property name this answer represents.
- Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
- Common Dynamic Select Information — Provide the following information:
- Select ID — The name of this control.
- Default Caption — The value or hint that appears by default.
- Property for Option Display — The property in the data source that provides the caption for each option.
- Property for Option Value — The property in the data source that provides the value for each option.
- Enable Caching — Set this to Yes (the default) to cache results during a session. Set it to No to re-run the report or Activity each time the question is used.
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List
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This option is not available in PegaSurvey, Version 6.3 SP1 and later. To provide a list-type answer mode, use a complex question with the answer type set to "freeform". |
Checkbox
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- Property Name — Use SmartPrompt to locate and select the property name this answer represents.
- Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
- Score — If you have established a scoring system for the survey's questions, provide a value for this answer.
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File
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Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
The user sees an option to upload a file from the local computer. You do not need to configure anything.
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Show Display Text Only
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Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
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Custom Section
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- Answer Layout — The options are:
- Question above, answer below
- Question and answer adjacent to each other
- Custom Section — Select the custom section that provides the answer mode for this question. To create a new custom section, click the icon beside the field. Click Get Params to get any parameters the section requires.
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