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Number Field

A number field allows the Survey participant to enter a number as an answer to a question.

For example, you may ask a participant how many different fruit are in their fruit salad. The text box will only accept numbers as input.

Question Types - Number Field

The following table details the options that are displayed on the Question view of the question's Component window.

Field

What it is for

Details Tab

Question Type

The type of question that this is - Number Field, in this case.

Question Text

This is the text of the question that will be displayed to participants when they complete the survey.

Page Break

Determines if this question should be started on a new page or if it should continue inline on the same page as the previous question. When selected, subsequent questions will be displayed on the same page as this question, until another question with a page break is encountered or the end of the Survey is reached.

Is Required

Determines whether or not an answer is mandatory for this question. If this is mandatory then a participant will not be able to continue with the survey until this question is answered.

Report Label

The label that will be used for this question's results when viewed in a report.

Export Label

The label that will be used for this question's results when they are exported to a file.

Size

The maximum number of digits that answers to this question can contain. Can be a value between 1 and 10.

Minimum

Determines the minimum number that will be accepted as an answer to this question. If this value is set to 0 then minimum number will not be checked.

Maximum

Determines the maximum number that will be accepted as an answer to this question. If this value is set to 0 then maximum number will not be checked.

Abstract Tab

WYSIWYG Editor

An abstract provides additional instructions or comments relating to this question that gives further information to the participant. The abstract WYSIWYG editor allows you to define the HTML abstract that is displayed to a survey participant.

Advanced Tab

Correct Answer

Defines the conditions under which an answer will be evaluated as correct.

Score

Specifies the score allocation for this question.

Alpha ID

Defines an Alpha ID for this question. This may be used in Survey template tags to refer to this question.

Trigger Content Alert

If Trigger Content Alert is checked you can configure an event listener to monitor for this question being answered. If checked, responses to this question will also be highlighted when being reviewed.

Pre Question Text

Text that will be displayed to the survey participant before the question text.

Post Question Text

Text that will be displayed to the survey participant following the question text.

Include Comment

Determines if this question should include a comment field so that survey participants can leave any additional comments that they may have about this question.

Rows

If the comments field is included, this determines the number of rows to allow for the comments text box.

Columns

If the comments field is included, this determines the number of columns to allow for the comments text box.

Comments Field Label

The label that will be used on the comments field - a field that allows the survey participant leave any additional comments about the question. If you leave this field blank, the default, Additional Comments, will be used.

See Also

Question Types

Selection

Matrix

Text Field

Date Field

Phone Number

HTML Section

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