| ▪ | When first adding a question Designers must select an Answer Box type |
| ▪ | Based on the selection the form then displays the appropriate properties to be completed |
Tab 1 - Question Details
Definition of Answer Box Type
| ▪ | See section entitled Answer Box Type Properties |
Definition of Question Display Name
| ▪ | This is the Question Name displayed in the web form to the End User |
| ▪ | Each Form must have a Display Name, however it can contain a single space if the Designer doesn't want it to appear |
Definition of Database Column Name
| ▪ | The Database Column Name is the name used to create the Kontinuum database structure |
| ▪ | This Name is never shown to the End User |
| ▪ | This Name cannot contain spaces |
Definition of Pop Up Description
| ▪ | The Pop Up Description allows Designers to provide help to the User in answering this question |
| ▪ | The Pop Up Description is an optional field when creating a new Question |
| ▪ | If text entered into this field the Question Display Name will appear as a hyperlink |
| ▪ | When the End User clicks on the Question Display Name a small html page will pop up filled with this longer description or help |
Definition of Primary Key
| ▪ | The Primary Key checkbox should be checked if this particular question is going to be the Primary Key (or part of a super key) for all the tasks in the Workflow |
| ▪ | The Primary Key must always be unique |
| ▪ | There can be up to 9 Primary Keys in a Workflow |
| ▪ | All Primary Keys must be contained within the first Form and the 1st Subform that appears in the Workflow |
Definition of Show in Task List
| ▪ | The Show in Task List checkbox should be ticked if the Designer wants to Search and Filter by this question in the Task and Items List |
| ▪ | By default all Primary Keys are shown in both the Task and the Items List |
Definition of Question Order
| ▪ | The order of a question determines where is appears on the web form |
| ▪ | The Question Order is a required field |
| ▪ | The Question Order defaults to the next highest Question Order for that Subform +1 |
| ▪ | If two Questions have the same order then they are displayed side by side in the same column |
Definition of Appear Column
| ▪ | The Appear Column allows the Designer to position the Question on the web form |
| ▪ | Appear Columns display the Question from left to right where the Question with the lowest Question Order appearing on the left |
| ▪ | The Appear Column is a required field |
| ▪ | By default all Questions appear in Column 1 |
| ▪ | Questions can appear in Columns 1 - 10 |
Definition of Data Type
| ▪ | The Data Type defines how the information collected from a Question is stored in the database |
| ▪ | The Data Type can only have the following values: BIT, DATETIME, REAL, INT, MONEY, VARCHAR |
| ▪ | The Data Type is a required field |
Definition of Size
| ▪ | The Size field is only editable if the Data Type is VARCHAR it is otherwise disabled |
| ▪ | The Size field accepts values between 1 and 8000 |
Definition of Input Mask
| ▪ | An Input Mask is a way the Designer can specify the exact format the question is to be answer |
| ▪ | The Input Mask is a list of all the available Input Masks within Kontinuum |
| ▪ | This Input Mask is only a required field if the Answer Box Type is Input Mask |
| ▪ | For example: The Time Input Mask collects information in the following format 00:00, the End User can only enter 2 numbers then 2 numbers. No characters can be entered into either field |
| ▪ | See Section entitled Input Masks for further assistance |
Definition of Needs Approval
| ▪ | The Needs Approval question can be checked when the particular question requires approval |
| ▪ | The Needs Approval question should only be displayed as an Approval question if it is contained in a Form that requires Approval |
| ▪ | The Needs Approval Question is an optional field |
Definition of Background Details
| • | When the Background Details question is checked a button will appear on every form within the process called 'Background Details' |
| • | When the Background Details button is clicked from within the Form it displays a pop up window with all the answers to the questions that have had the Background Details question checked |
| • | For example: Questions - First Name: Angela Surname: Brown Employee Number: 124334 all of this information will be displayed in the pop up window on each form in the Workflow |
Definition of Use in Calendar Pop Up
| ▪ | The question that has this option selected will appear in the Calendar |
| ▪ | It is only associated with Important Dates |
| ▪ | When the End User mouses over the Item in the Calendar a pop up window is shown with the information specified in this question |
| ▪ | See Section entitled Calendar for further information |
Definition of Java Events
| ▪ | In the Java Events property of a question Designers can set how an Answer Box would respond to different Java events |
| ▪ | For example: If you have a Text box with the javaEvent property being: on Click=”Alert(‘Hello World’)” then clicking on the Text Box will popup the alert window with the text 'Hello World' |
Definition of BUTTON PIXELS FROM LEFT
| ▪ | This value represents the horizontal location where the question will appear on the form |
| ▪ | Requires the pixels from top value to be filled out in order for this value to have an effect |
| ▪ | This overrides the appear column and question order |
Definition of BUTTON PIXELS FROM TOP
| ▪ | This value represents the vertical location where the question will appear on the form |
| ▪ | Requires the pixels from left value to be filled out in order for this value to have an effect |
| ▪ | This overrides the appear column and question order |
Tab 2 - Question Rules
| ▪ | See Section entitled Business Rules applied to Questions |
Tab 3 - Datacube Permissions
| ▪ | See Section entitled Data Cube Permissions
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