This section is written in mrScriptBasic and defines the order and circumstances in which questions should be asked. It also defines the presentation characteristics for questions and other display items.

A very simple Routing section that specifies a template to use and asks two questions in sequence looks like this:

In this example, Web is the routing context. The routing context determines how the script will behave in a particular situation and, in this instance, it determines how self-completion, browser based interviews will work. Other contexts that you might have include Paper, for printed questionnaires (or those created using the Build activity in UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin), and CATI for outbound CATI interviewing. You do not have to specify the routing context because the default is undefined, meaning that the routing logic will be the default for all routing contexts. For more information, see Contexts and label types.

Most interview scripts have a Routing section, but it may be omitted if questions are to be asked in the order they appear in the Metadata section and all questions apply equally to all respondents.

When writing routing statements you must type each statement on a separate line. Statements must not be split across lines.

A diagrammatic example of a Routing section looks like this:

The Routing section contains these types of statements: