The question section is the most important section in survey configuration. It provides you most of the settings to configure your survey.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Question List | When you visit the questions tab, the “Define Questions” tab shows you the list of existing questions in the selected survey. |
| Adding/Modifying/Deleting questions | In order to add a new question, you need to click on the “Add Question” button. For existing questions you will see the “Edit” and “Delete” button to do respective operations.
When you add/edit a question, a dialog appears where you can choose the question type and fills respective attributes. For details on the type of questions, please see the “Managing Questions” section. |
| Searching a question | In order to locate a particular question you can type the question number or the question description. |
| Managing question order | You can drag a particular row and drop anywhere in the question list to move a question up and down whenever it is required. |
| Download question list | This will give you a list of questions in the survey. |
| Preview | When you click on this button, the survey will be shown in a preview mode with full functionalities |
Question Types
eRaay provides following question types:
| Question Type | When to use |
|---|---|
| Static Text/Header | When you just want to show a text/image or both for information purposes. This question does not need any input. |
| Multiple choice – single answer | When you want the user to select one answer out of a given choice list. |
| Multiple choice – single answer (image) | When you want the user to select one image out of a given choice list. |
| Multiple choice – multiple answer | When you want the user to choose one or more options out of a given choice list |
| Multiple choice – multiple answer (image) | When you want the user to choose one or more images out of a given choice list |
| Regular Dropdown (Single Answer) | When you want to show the answers in a dropdown from which the user can select one. |
| Boolean (Yes/No) | When you want the user to choose yes or no for a question. When you choose this question type, these two items are added automatically as options. |
| Textbox | When you want your user to enter text or numbers as part of their response to a question.
There are several settings in this type of question to validate your input like numeric, decimal, text only, email, phone etc. |
| Date (Pick a date) | When you want the user to pick a date from a calendar |
| 5 Star Rating | When you want the user to select a rating out of 5 stars |
| 10 Star Rating | When you want the user to select a rating out of 10 stars |
| Matrix – Single Answer (Radio button) | When you want to set up a grid question with radio buttons where the user can select one option in every row. |
| Matrix – Multiple Answers (Check box) | When you want to set up a grid question with various options in a row where the user can choose more then one option. |
| Matrix – Textbox | When you want to capture text input in your grid. |
| Matrix – Dropdown | When you want to have dropdown in each cell of your matrix |
| Capture Image | When you want to capture an image |
| Audio Recording | When you want to capture audio |
| File Upload | When you want to upload a file |
| Ranking | When you want to give rank to some options |
| Slider | When you want to choose a value available on a slider. |
| Multiple Image Ranking | When you want to rank a set of images |
| Video playback | When you want to play a video. This question does not accept any input |
| Audio playback | When you want to play an audio. This question does not accept any input. |
| Map | When you want the user to locate an address in a map. |
| Video Recording | When you want to record a video |
| Audio Recording | When you want to record a Audio |
| NPS | When you want to capture the NPS value. It automatically draws an 11 point scale from where the user can choose the rating |
| Signature Pad | When you want to signature |