More Options - Advanced Features

The attributes found in the "More Options" drop-down in the Survey Editor can be used to set up more advanced survey elements. The available attributes vary based on the type and configuration of the element and its answer options.

The table below outlines each attribute and its supported functionality.

Attribute	Description/Function	Valid Entries
adim	Allows you to choose the primary report dimension for two or three-dimensional questions. If a report has both rows and columns or choices, then one table is created for each item in the shortest dimension, showing all the items in the secondary dimension. Setting adim allows you to override this primary dimension. Click here for more information.	Select one of the following from the drop-down: auto, rows, cols, choices.
aggregate	This allows certain cells to be excluded from the average/standard deviation calculation. It is typically used for "Don't know" types of answers. In addition, survey participants are excluded from the "answered" total and base for this question. Click here for more information.	Leave the box unchecked to enable.
alt	Allows you to enter alternative text that will only appear in the report.	Enter text in the area provided.
altLabel	Allows you to enter an alternative label for the element that will be shown everywhere but in the survey. This is used for "recoding" or "relabeling" data. Click here for more information.	Enter a label in the area provided.
averages	Allows you to control which averages are calculated for the question.	Multiple numbers can be entered in the area provided, separated by commas. You may enter zero or more of the following options: rows, cols, or choices. Additionally, you may set this to none,summary, or nosummary.
chartText	Allows you to enter text for the charts displayed with the row in the report.	Enter text in the area provided.
choiceGroups	Allows you to create a group header in the drop-down menu for select elements.	Enter the location(s) where you want the choice groups to appear, separated by a comma: report, survey, restrict.
choiceShuffle	Allows you to specify the possible permutations for choices.	Enter one of the following: flip, rflip, rotate, reverse-rotate, rrotate. See rowShuffle for more details. Note: This feature requires shuffle="choices" and is not compatible with shuffleBy.
colGroups	Allows you to create a header that appears over the columns.	Enter the location(s) where you want the column groups to appear, separated by a comma: report, survey, restrict
colShuffle	Allows you to specify the possible permutations for columns.	Enter one of the following: flip, rflip, rotate, reverse-rotate, rrotate. See rowShuffle for more details. Note: This feature requires shuffle="cols" and is not compatible with shuffleBy.
exactly	Allows you to specify exactly how many values must be selected as a valid response. Click here for more information.	Enter any of the natural numbers (integers, positive or negative) or zero.
favorite	Allows you to change a column in multi-select form to single-select form in a two-dimensional Multi-Select question. This is primarily used when there are two columns, the first is an "aware" column (multiple answers), and the second is a "favorite" column (one response). Click here for more information.	Check the box to enable.
final	If set, the survey will end (without saving the user's data) and display no further Continue/Finish buttons. Click here for more information.	Check the box to enable.
grouping	Determines how the participant must submit an answer, per row or per column. For example, a two-dimensional Single-Select question grouped by rows must have an answer per row, whereas a two-dimensional Single-Select question grouped by columns must have an answer per column.	Select one of the following from the drop-down: auto, rows, cols.
ignoreValues	Allows you to specify a list of values that will be ignored. These values will not be counted in the averages in the report, and they will be allowed to be entered in the survey even if they fall outside of any range or verifier.	Enter a comma-separated list of values to be ignored in the survey's avg/stddev calculations.
looprows	Allows you to specify the label suffixes of the pipe variables where this element should only be included in a Loop element. By default, the element is included for all pipe variables. This can be applied to questions, autofills, rows, columns, and choices Loop elements.	Enter a comma-separated list of the label suffixes you would like to use for pipe variables.
minRanks	Allows you to specify the minimum number of items you want ranked in a Select element. Click here to learn more.	Enter a whole number.
nets	Allows you to specify the attributes in the report for Number questions. You can specify a single digit or ranges.	Enter a comma-separated list of names.
okUnique	Allows the item to be selected twice when uniqueness is required.	Check the box to enable.
open	Forces the row/column to require an entry in the open-ended text box.	Check the box to enable.
percentages	Displays percentages.	Check the box to enable.
pii	Allows you to set the personally identifiable information (PII) protection level (0-9999, inclusive) to restrict data access. This protection level applies only to textual data. For example, a PII level cannot be set on a Single Select or a Multi Select question. Afterwards, in order for the question data to be visible to a user, the user's PII level must meet or exceed that specified for the question. Click here for more details on setting PII access restrictions.	Specify an integer between 0 and 9999, inclusive, to set the personally identifiable information protection level.
points	Allows you to create answer options in the drop-down menu (choice form) in Number elements. For example, if you enter "3" you will get a drop-down with 1, 2 and 3 as the choices.	Enter any of the natural numbers (integers, positive or negative) or zero.
radio	Will change the answer option to a radio button. This attribute only works with the checkbox form.	Check the box to enable.
randomize	Will randomize the element within a group of questions that is set to randomize. If "randomize" is not checked, the element will not randomize.	Check the box to enable.
range	Allows you to specify the range of numbers that can be displayed.	Enter a sequence of characters that define the range.
rowGroups	Allows you to create a header that will appear over the rows.	Enter the location(s) where you want the row groups to appear, separated by a comma: report, survey, restrict.
rowShuffle	Allows you to specify the possible permutations of rows.	Enter one of the following: flip: Equivalent to specifying the items in forward then reverse order. 50% of survey participants see the rows in order and 50% in reverse order. rflip: Reversed flip. If you have two questions using flip the order on both will be forward/reverse. With rflip it will be reverse/forward. rotate: Start with each randomizable item and continue wrapping around. For example, with rows r1,r2,r3 rotate will generate the orders r1,r2,r3; r2,r3,r1; r3,r1,r2 reverse-rotate or rrorate: As rotate, but after the first time where items are shown in order, rotation happens in the other direction. For example: r1,r2,r3; r3,r1,r2; r2,r3,r1. Note: This feature requires shuffle="rows" and is not compatible with shuffleBy.
shuffleBy	Allows you to randomize the answer options in the same order as a previous question with matching answer options. Click here for more information.	Enter the label of the question by which you want this question to randomize (e.g., Q2).
sortChoices	Allows you to specify how the choices will be sorted.	Enter a comma-separated list of the following: asc (to sort in ascending order), desc (to sort in descending order), survey (sort in survey), report (sort in report), none.
sortCols	Allows you to specify how the columns will be sorted.	Enter a comma-separated list of the following: asc (to sort in ascending order), desc (to sort in descending order), survey (sort in survey), report (sort in report), none.
sortRows	Allows you to specify how the rows will be sorted.	Enter a comma-separated list of the following: asc (to sort in ascending order), desc (to sort in descending order), survey (sort in survey), report (sort in report), none.
source	Allows you to specify an HTML file from which the data is read.	Within an <html> tag, enter a source in .html form.
sst	Allows you to exclude or include an element when running simulated testing data. Elements are included by default. Note:This option should be used for elements whenever the simulated data would not be able to complete correctly. For example, questions with custom validation or logic that relies on variables passed back from a redirection mid survey.	Leave the box unchecked to exclude the element.
unique	Allows you to enter one answer option per row or column.	Enter one of these options: rows, cols.
validateCell	Allows you to define a validation for a cell and display a custom error message.	Enter one or more Python expressions.
validateCol	Allows you to define a validation for a column and display a custom error message.	Enter one or more Python expressions.
validateRow	Allows you to define a validation for a row and display a custom error message.	Enter one more Python expressions.
verify	Allows you to verify functions that will be applied. Click here for options.	Enter a string of characters.
where	Allows you to specify exactly where the element should appear. By default it appears in both the survey and report.	Enter a comma-separated list of survey, report, summary, none, execute, data or notdp. If where="survey" is used, the item will not appear in the report.