Answer Options

Answer Options

The Answer Options tab allows you to preconfigure answers that can be used in either the single select field type, or the Multi Checkbox field type:

Modifying answer options

This allows you to create lists of reusable answers, such as Yes/No/Maybe, Left/Right/Top/Bottom. Whatever is applicable to what you’re trying to achieve.

From the main Answer Options tab, you can carry out the following:

Add New App Answer Options
Edit Answer Options
View Answer Options
Delete Answer Options
Search for Answer Options
Export Answer Options
Print Answer Options

Add New App Answer Options

To add a new app answer option:

1. Click on the Add New App Answer Options button and the Add App Form Field screen will display:

A blank add app form field for you to add a new field

2. Here you can:

• Enter a Unique ID – every field needs a unique ID.
• Add a Description – to explain the answer options. Remember, you might come back to this many months from now, so a good description will be helpful then.
• Add Options (clicking on this will add additional options fields) – click on this button to add an additional option. You can repeat as many times as you wish.
• Delete an option – click on the red X to delete that option (if there are multiple options, each option will have its own delete button).
• Save & Close – self-explanatory but click on this when you’ve finished adding all fields.
• Save & Add more – this is useful for when you have quite a few options. Click on it to save any changes and to remain on this screen.
• Cancel – this will discard any changes, close this dialog, and return you to the main Answer Options grid

A sample completed new answer options form is below:

This is how a completed sample might look like

3. Once your form is complete, click on the Save & Close button.
4. The form will save, and you’ll be taken back to the Answer options grid where your new answer options will be listed.

The answer options grid

Edit Answer Options

To edit an answer:

1. Identify the record to be edited and click on the Edit button.
2. The record will open where you can edit all fields in the same manner as when you create a new answer option (refer to Add New App Answer Options).
3. Once you’ve made your edits, click on the Save & Close button to close the form and return to the Answer Options grid.

View Answer Options

To view an answer:

1. Identify the record to be viewed and then click on the View button.
2. The record will open where you can view all fields.

Note: you cannot edit the record here, refer to Edit Answer Options.

3. Once you’ve made your edits, click on the Save & Close button to close the form and return to the Answer Options grid.

Delete Answer Options

To delete an answer option:

1. Identify the record that you wish to delete.
2. In the Action column,click on the Delete button and the confirmation dialog asking you to confirm that you wish to delete the field will display.
3. Click on Yes to delete the field.

Search for Answer Options

You can use the search field to quickly locate an answer option. This is useful when the number of fields exceeds the grid size, perhaps running into dozens of pages.

Get used to using the search functionality as it'll be very useful later on

1. Click in the search field and start entering your search term.
2. As soon as you start typing your search term, the system will filter out the results based on your entry.
3. You can now select from the filtered results.

Export Answer Options

You can also export the answer options matrix in either the csv or the xlsx format:

Export as either csv or xlsx format

1. If you want to export the entire matrix, ensure that no search filter is in place. If a search filter is in operation, only the filtered results will be saved to the downloadable file. Delete the text from the search field to remove any filters.

• To export as csv, click on the csv button and the Save As dialog will open to allow you to save the file to your computer
• To export as an Excel spreadsheet, click on the Excel button. Again, the Save As dialog will display and allow you to save the file to your pc.

2. You can now open the file in the normal manner.

Print Answer Options

You can also send the matrix, filtered or unfiltered, to the printer:

1. Click on Print and the print window will open.

2. You can now change print settings, such as Destination printer, the number of pages, page orientation, etc. The actual settings all depends on your own printer.

The print preview function. What you see may differ to this (depending on your printer)

3. When ready, click on the Print button and it’ll be sent to your printer.