Editing catifields_default.mdd
This topic describes how to carry out the following tasks:
▪Changing the settings in catifields_default.mdd
▪Adding a field to catifields_default.mdd
To change the settings in catifields_default.mdd
To edit the catifields_default.mdd file, you will need to use MDM Explorer as follows.
1 In Windows Explorer, run MDM Explorer.exe, which by default is in the following directory:
x86 32-bit installations: Code\Tools\VB6\MDM Explorer
x64 64-bit installations: Code\Tools\VB.NET\MDM Explorer
2 From the File menu, choose Open Document.
3 Open catifields_default.mdd, which by default is in FMRoot\Shared\Cati.
4 In the left pane, click the MDM collection that contains the property that you want to change (see the table below).
5 In the upper-right pane, double click the MDM property that you want to change (see the table below). This opens a dialog box.
6 In the dialog box, change the value as required and click OK.
7 When you have finished, choose Exit from the File menu, and when prompted, save the file to its original location.
Fields: Page Setting: Label
Corresponding MDM collection
Expand the Fields collection and in the left pane click the field required
Corresponding MDM property
Label
Valid values
A string that describes the field.
Fields: Page Setting: Required, Show, Can Edit During Survey, Can Tabulate
Corresponding MDM collection
In the left pane, expand the Fields collection, then expand the node for the desired field, and then click the Custom Properties collection
Corresponding MDM property
The property names are very similar to the setting names, with the exception of the Editable property, which corresponds to the Can Edit During Survey setting
Valid values
True or False.
Phone Interview Settings: Page Setting: Dialing Options
Corresponding MDM collection
Custom Properties
Corresponding MDM property
DialerType
Valid values
0 for “Manual – Interviewer dials numbers manually”
1 for “Modem – Show Dial Contact button on the Interviewer screen”
2 for “Dialer (Extension) – Show Start Dialing button on the Interviewer screen”
3 for “Dialer (Group/Predictive) – Show Start Dialing button on the Interviewer screen”
The installation value is 0.
Phone Interview Settings: Page Setting: Show Specific Contact button on the Interviewer screen
Corresponding MDM collection
Custom Properties
Corresponding MDM property
ShowSpecificContactButton
Valid values
True or False. The installation value is True.
Phone Interview Settings: Page Setting: Interviewer must manually select an option / Default setting is ‘monitoring/recording prohibited’ / Default setting is ‘monitoring/recording allowed’
Corresponding MDM collection
Custom Properties
Corresponding MDM property
MonitoringApprovalDefaultOption
Valid values
0 for “Interviewer must manually select an option”
1 for “Default setting is ‘monitoring/recording prohibited’”
2 for “Default setting is ‘monitoring/recording allowed’”
3 (always) for “Do not show monitoring approval dialog and the recording function is allowed”
4 (never) for “Do not show monitoring approval dialog and the recording function is prohibited”
The installation value is 0.
Phone Interview Settings: Page Setting: Review interview options
Corresponding MDM collection
Custom Properties
Corresponding MDM property
ReviewInterviewOption
Valid values
0 for “No Review”
1 for “Review Interview”
2 for “Review Open-ends”
The installation value is 0.
Phone Interview Settings: Page Setting: Show review button on interviewer screen / Interviewer must review
Corresponding MDM collection
Custom Properties
Corresponding MDM property
ShowReviewInterviewOption
Valid values
0 for “Show review button on interviewer screen”
1 for “Interviewer must review”
The installation value is 0.
Introduction: Page Setting: Introduction to Survey
Corresponding MDM collection
Labels
Corresponding MDM property
Text
Valid values
A string, defining the introductory script.
Adding a field to catifields_default.mdd
1 Start MDM Explorer and open catifields_default.mdd as described in ‘Changing the Settings in catifields_default.mdd’ above.
2 In MDM Explorer’s left pane, click the Fields collection.
3 From the Methods menu, choose Add Question.
This opens the “Add MDM Object” dialog box.
4 Enter values for Name, Label, and DataType. Typically, DataType should be one of mtText, mtLong, or mtDate. Then click OK.
5 In the left pane, expand the node for the field you have just created and click the Custom Properties collection.
6 From the Methods menu, choose Add Custom Property. This opens a dialog box.
7 Set the values in the dialog box as follows, and then click OK.
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Setting
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Value
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Name
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Required
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Value
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True or False
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Type
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Boolean
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Context
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Analysis
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This adds a custom property called Required to the field you created.
8 Repeat the last two steps three times, to add the Show, Editable, and CanTabulate custom properties to the field you created.
9 When you have finished, choose Exit from the File menu, and when prompted, save the file to its original location.
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