Creating single response questions

If you want to create a question with a list of responses from which the respondent must choose one, use a single response question type. For example: "Which is your favorite type of coffee?"

The new question displays in the Routings pane and in the Design pane. It has an automatically generated name: see Automatically generated names.

2 Enter the question text to be displayed to respondents in the box under Name. For example, What is the main purpose of your current journey?

3 In the first row of the Responses table below the question, type the text of the first response. This is the text of the response as it will be displayed to respondents. To save the response and move to a new line, press Enter, or use the down arrow key. Each time you do this, a new line is displayed where you can type the next response.

Once you have added all the responses, the question is ready for use. However, you may also want to specify additional details about the question, such as whether the respondent can leave the question blank.

You specify additional details about the question using the Properties pane for the question. You specify additional details about the responses using the Design pane.

On the right of the screen is a task pane that contains several different options. If it is not already visible, select Properties from the list.

Indicates whether the question is a single or multiple response question. This corresponds to the question type you chose to create. If you want to change the question type from single to multiple after creating the question, select the option from the list.

Allows you to attach a layout template to the questionnaire, overriding the template specified for the questionnaire. Click the ... button, and browse to a folder containing the template you want to use. For more information, see Applying a style template to an individual question.

Allows you to attach a question template to the question, overriding the template specified for the questionnaire. Click the ... button, and browse to a folder containing the template you want to use. This field is not available for Grid, Compound, Loop, Block, or Multiple Response Database questions.

Indicates that the question is read only, and no response is required. Any responses that are defined for the question are disabled.

Indicates whether the respondent must answer the question. Check this box to prevent respondents from proceeding further in an online questionnaire without filling in a response to the question. This field is not available for True/False, Text, and Display Text questions (the field setting has no affect on these question types).

Note If you deselect this option for a question that does not contain a No Answer response UNICOM Intelligence Author inserts one automatically, so that respondents can choose Next for the question without having to select an answer. This response is not automatically removed if you re-enable Response Required.

Indicates whether the question is displayed to the respondent. Normally, respondents will see all questions, but you can deselect this box for questions that are filled in automatically by responses to other questions. This field is not available when the question is grouped in a Page, Loop, or Block.

▪The Response Order field indicates the order in which responses are displayed to respondents. Choose Default to present responses in the order they appear in the response list, Random to present responses in a random order, Rotated to present responses in rotation so that each response takes a turn at being first in the list, or Reversed to present responses in reverse order so that the last response in the list appears first. Alternatively, select Ascending or Descending to present the responses in alphabetical order.

▪The Filter field enables you to filter the responses in the current question based on each respondent's answer to a previous question.

1 In the first box, choose one of All Responses, Chosen, Not Chosen, or Expert Expression. Selecting Expert Expression enables you to enter an expression filter in the At box.

2 In the At box, choose a single or multiple response question whose answer controls the responses to be displayed for the current question. When Expert Expression is selected in the first box, this field allows you to enter an expression filter that enables the responses of a categorical question to be filtered based upon the responses of one or more previous questions. For more information, see Filtering categorical response lists.

When prompted, confirm that the responses defined for the chosen question (the parent question) may overwrite the response list for the current question.

Controls how responses are arranged for the selected question. If you select rows in the Orientation field, the responses will be ordered in rows, split into as many columns as necessary. If you select columns in the Orientation field, the responses will be ordered in columns, split into as many rows as necessary.

Allows you to select how the responses are presented for the selected question. Options include: Check Box, List Box, and Dropdown box.

Provides options for displaying responses in rows or columns. Option include: Default (rows), Columns, and Rows.