Selection Question

Incoming Reference

An incoming reference is used when another data collection has a selection question which points to this data collection. The reference are not part of this data collection and are therefore not versioned.

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Display Type (mandatory)

Type of display of the selection question

→ Button

→ Select

→ Dropdown

→ Table

When the creation of new reference is enabled you can download an upload template via the three dots.

Multiple

Enables/Disables multiple selections

→ Minimum selected Items

If Multiple is enabled the minimum selected items can be chosen

→ Maximum selected Items

If Multiple is enabled the maximum selected items can be chosen

Load instantly (only for Dropdown)

Enables loading of content when data entry form is opened. By default the content only loads when clicking on a selection question.

Sort property

Property by which the answers to the selection question are sorted (Name, Description or Sort Order)

Sort Ascending

Sorting direction (descending by default)

Virtualized

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Autofill

Automatically fills question

→ First

Selects the first entry of the referenced value list

→ Custom

Enables a dropdown with all available entries of a value list where one can be selected to be autofilled

→ Single

Automatically selects a value if there is only one value on the referenced value list

Create Simple Value List

A simple value list cannot be reused in other data collections. It should be used in cases with a very basic data collection like for, instance, a category which contains no more additional data as the category name

Referenced Collection (mandatory)

Dropdown of all data collections that can be referenced

Reference Visualization Property (mandatory)

Property of data collection that will be shown as the possible answers to the selection question

Versioning Strategy (mandatory)

Selection if always the latest approved version or the concrete version at the time of saving of the slection answers should be used.

Enable creation of new references (only for Dropdown and Table)

Allows the creation of a new entry in the referenced data collection via a data entry form or an upload of an Excel file.

Enable selection of existing references (only for Table)

Allows the selection of existing entries in the referenced data collection

Add to index

Enables/disables if reference path is added to the index.

This is needed if you want to work / calculate with the data from the incoming reference. For Example, if you want to have a calculated field on how many participants participated in an Event.

Selection Item Attributes

Shows additional attributes for each selection item (e.g. the attribute School Type to the item School)

The key is the identification of the attribute

The label is the display name

Filters

Filters the answers to the selection question by the selected attributes.

Here you have two options:

1. Filter answers according to an answer of another question (e.g. when province A is selected in a question than only show districts to the selected province.

2. Filter answers to a constant attribute (e.g. district will always be filtered by a selected province)

Group by Attribute

Groups selection items by specified attribute (e.g. schools are grouped by there provinces in the dropdown)

The key is the identification of the attribute

The label is the display name