A question in a survey prompts a user to provide one or more answers in a format that you define. By using questions, you can quickly collect information that is relevant to your business processing.
You can use the following types of questions:
Simple - Stores a single answer, such as first name or date of birth.
Complex - Stores more than one answer or a series, such as a list of movies or matrix of skills and competencies.
Virtual - Stores a single text answer.
You cannot reuse a virtual question because there is no underlying rule that supports it.
You organize questions into groups, or question pages, when you create a survey. You create virtual questions when you ask a question in a case. Because simple and complex questions are modular, you can reference them from a question page in a survey or a step in a process.
At run time, the answer to a question is stored in one of the following clipboard pages:
pyWorkPage.Questionnaire - Stores the answers to questions that are referenced by the same question page, when you call a survey from a flow.
pyWorkPage.Question - Stores the answer to an individual question, when you ask the question as a step in a process.
You can change the storage location by mapping the answer values to different properties on the clipboard.
Note: You must purchase a separate license before using survey functionality in your application.