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Creating new Questions

Via the list view, you can create the questions that are to appear on the new questionnaire page. Please proceed as follows:

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  • Enter the question title. It is used for orientation when working in EFS, the survey participants cannot see it.

  • Select a fitting category first, then select the appropriate question type.

    • The preview displays screenshots of the selected question types.

    • Only in “Responsive layout” surveys: If you activate Dynamic, the question type will be displayed realistically. Click into it and you’ll see e.g. how the form elements behave.

    • Only in “Responsive layout” surveys: You may try what the selected question type will look like on mobile devices, tablet or desktop. Simply resize the width of your browser window: the dynamic question preview will adapt automatically.

  • Select the appropriate saving process:

    • Save will route you back to the list view and you can create the next question.

    • Save and edit will bring you to the detail view, where you can configure the new question.

Changing

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Question Properties

You can change the title and type of a question retrospectively:

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Info

Please note:

  • Various special settings cannot be transferred when changing the question type. For example, hiding conditions and type checks will be lost.

  • Question type 911 cannot be converted into any other question type.

  • For several of the more recent “Responsive layout” question types, conversion is not possible.

Copying or

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Moving Questions

Questions can be moved to other pages. To do so, in the questionnaire view or list view, click on the Copy icon of the desired question, select the target page and specify the desired action, i.e. “Copy” or “Move”.

Deleting

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Questions

Questions already created can be removed by clicking on the Delete icon in the list view.

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Feature

Description

Questionnaire

Questionnaire view.

Page

Page view.

Preview question

The window that opens will now only contain the current question, as opposed to the whole page as displayed in the Page preview.

Only suitable for classic question types: Change question type

This function allows you to change a question type to another without having to create the whole question again.

You can only change the existing question type to the ones displayed in the drop-down list. Select the desired question type and click on Change.

Please note that various special settings cannot be transferred when changing the question type. For example, hiding conditions and type checks will be lost.

Scale library

This function allows to open the scale library, where you can create a new scale.

Only suitable for classic question
types: Add to library

This function allows you to copy a finished question into the question library.

Wildcards

Clicking on this tab allows you to insert a previously created static wildcard into a question or answer field in the entry form.

Showing and hiding

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Question Options

The “Question” section of the detail view can get quite extensive, due to the number of setting options and specific features for individual question types. This is remedied using layers that react dynamically: Thus, rarely used options can be shown and hidden as required. The saved settings will be valid for the entire project.

Showing and hiding setting optionsSetting Options

  • Switch to the question view, and click on the More icon.

  • A layer containing the hidden options will open. As soon as you enable a feature, it will be shown in the question view. Saving is not necessary. To close the layer, click on the x icon.

Configuring your own default settingsDefault Settings

If you usually work with a constant set of question options, you can make these the default setting in the OptionsPreferences menu on the Display of questionnaire editor tab.

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