Dropdown

The system transfers the key parameters into the new question type. Parameters specific to the question type (e.g. top choice for dropdown) remain in the configuration, and will be redisplayed if you convert the form part back to your original selection. Making this change may trigger some validation warnings, which you can address as necessary.

WARNING: When converting a radio list with "Route on Output" to a checklist, remove the Route on Output flag prior to converting your part or remember to connect the checklist with the next node using a standard link (not one that says "default" or a specific answer option).

NOTE: When switching from a checklist to dropdown, the data type stays set to collection, which results in the dropdown allowing multiple values. To force the user to select only one value from the dropdown list, change the data type to text or number based on the answer options.

This option can only be used for simple dropdowns.

• Manual: If you select this option, you enter the options from which you want users to select in the dropdown menu. You use the Options field (described below) to create the menu.
• Numbered Collection: If you select collection, you enter the name of the collection from which dropdown choices are drawn.

  color[1] = "red", color[2] = "blue"

• Indexed Collection: An indexed collection is one where the different items are distinguished by a text-based index rather than a number. Use this data location type if your collection consists of items as follows:

  {option[blue]=50, option[red]=100}

  For multi-dimensional collections (numbered or indexed) one or more caption fields can be shown and a captions separator can be specified (e.g. "–" or ", "). Using [comma space] as a separator would make the answer options look like this:

  Bike, 2 wheels, blue, 50
  Car, 4 wheels, red, 100
  Truck, 18 wheels, 250

  When displaying multiple captions in a string for each option, check Skip Empty Fields to exclude blank captions (e .g truck has no value for color in list above).
  
• Table Data: You can create your dropdown menu from a table that exists in your project in the resources/data folder. For example, you may have a table that lists all of the items your company sells. You wouldn't want to type all of those items into each question that references those items. Instead the items can be created in a table, and the dropdown part fetches appropriate values. (Once table data is selected the Designer is prompted for the table name, fields, and any selection criteria. Leave selection criteria blank if the system should retrieve ALL records).

• Value: This is what the system captures when the user makes a dropdown selection.
• Caption: This is what the user sees when the system displays the dropdown options.
• Weight: If you have using predictive diagnostics or calculating weights, you can set the weight that this answer should be given in relation to other answers in the dropdown menu.
• Condition: If you only want a selection to be available if certain conditions are met you use this field to set the condition statement. The syntax is you should use is described here: Setting Condition Syntax.
• Speech command: If speech recognition is enabled, this is the recognized command the system will use to identify the item the user selected from the dropdown menu.
• Options: Button. This is used to add, rename, and remove the item.

• mandatory: The user must enter a value.
• numeric, percentage, currency: The value must be a number and may contain a comma or dot as the decimal character. You can use this validation rule when the data object type is set to text. This combination allows the user to enter a decimal number and allows users to enter a different decimal point (e.g. comma).
• time: The input must be a time string: hh:mm or hhmm. 12:14 and 1214 are both allowed
• email: The value must contain an @ symbol.
• date: The input must be a date string: mm/dd/yy.
• phone: The input must be limited to numbers only. (For smarter matching to include international (+) and match local format (e.g. 123-456-7890) use custom value
• maximum value: The value must be less than or equal to this number (v8.1+)
• minimum value: The value must be greater than or equal to this number (v8.1+)
• custom popup: Not used
• custom value: This allows you to set a custom condition