FORMS

List question

Use a List question if you want to present the response alternatives in a drop-down list.

Creating a List question

To create a List question right click the Page where you want to place it and choose Add -> List question.

Properties

Name

Question text - the question you want to ask. It may contain normal text and dynamic (token) tags. It is easy to create and change by entering text directly in the area provided or by clicking the Lookup button () and selecting tags (properties) from the list that opens.

Name – the name used to identify the question in the Forms model. By default the name "List question" is used, and the Name field is empty. When you enter a question in the Question text field, that text will be used as the question name, and the Name field will still be empty. You can override using the question text as name by entering a different text in the Name field.

If the Question text is long you can make the list more readable if you enter a shorter text in the Name field.

Include comment – If checked a space will be provided in the form for users to enter a comment text in addition to answering the question.
Comment header – If Include comment is marked you can enter a text to be used as header for the Comment field.

It is not possible to enter a comment on a question without also entering a value.

Configuration

Require answer – if this field is checked the question must be answered before the form can be submitted
Alternatives - the response alternatives that are to be displayed in the drop-down list. Right click in the table and choose Add response alternatives. You can also add more lines by clicking the 'Insert' key while a line in Alternatives is marked.
- Text – enter the text for the response alternative by clicking the field and entering
- Value – The value that will be stored in the database. You should enter a different value for each alternative, default is “0”.
- Node type - Choose the node type where the data for this response alternative is to be stored: "Actual", "Budget", etc. Click the Node type button () to choose from a list. If nothing is specified the node type that applies to the List question (below) will be used.

Consider whether you should include alternatives such as "Don't know" or "Do not wish to answer". You may want to use a separate node type for alternatives like these.

Context

Node – the node against which Corporater BMP stores answer data. Click the Node button () to create a new node or to select an existing one from the list.
If the form's configuration includes Auto generate nodes as selected, Corporater BMP automatically creates a new node for the answer data.
Node type – the node type against which Corporater BMP stores answer data. Click the Node type button () to create a new node type or to select an existing one from the list. The default node type is 'Actual'.
Organization – the organization for which Corporater BMP stores answer data. Click the Organization button () to create a new organization or to select an existing one from the list.
If you leave the field blank, Corporater BMP uses the organization to which it distributes the form.

Audit

Modified by - the name of the last user to make changes to the object.
Last modified - the date and time when the object was last changed.
Created by - the name of the user who created the object.
Created - the date and time when the object was created.

Advanced

ID - a unique ID for the object.

By default, Corporater BMP assigns consecutive numbers to new objects.

You can change the ID to a value of choice that can include either letters or letter and number combinations.

The ID mustn't contain only numbers, include special characters such as ) ( . * } { + < > [ ], or match the name of a default object type in Corporater BMP.

Storage

Storing period - an adjusting function that specifies the period the data is collected/stored for relative to the distribution date, e.g. if the form collects data from the previous month set Storing period to -1M. This overrides the Storing period on the form.

Access control

Read accessors - click the Edit button () and authorize one or more users and user groups to view the object on Web.
Add accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to add new objects to the object on Web.
Write accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to edit the object on Web.
Delete accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to delete the object on Web.
Ownership - click the Edit button () and grant ownership of the object to one or more users and user groups.

Users and user groups who own the object have full access rights to it.
Override access profile - select for the object's access control setting to outrank the object's corresponding access settings in profiles.