Controlling the Structure
The structure that has been elaborated using the “Structure / Build” is a fixed structure, meaning that every form property and every form is always present (once) and always required.
The “Structure / Controls” step is used to dynamically control aspects of this structure, in order to specialize it for certain circumstances.
Control Forms
The Controls step will allow you to setup the above-mentioned attributes.
| FIELD | REQUIRED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Exists | Yes | Determines whether the form always exists or only in some circumstances. The existence can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column-based. |
| Visible | Yes | Determines whether the form is visible or only in some circumstances. The visibility can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Columnbased. |
| Required | Yes | Determines whether the form is required, not required, or only in some circumstances. |
| Updatable | Yes | Determines if the form is always updatable or only in some circumstances. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Columnbased. |
| Nested | Yes | Determines if the form is nested. A nested form or Guided Selling Process is considered as being “looped”, and can be presented multiple times. |
| Min instances | No | Determines the minimum number of occurrences that will be necessary for a nested. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column-based. |
| Max instances | No | Determines the maximum number of occurrences that can be created for a nested form. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column-based. |
Control Form Property nodes
Controlling the form property again enables you to control the 3 parts of the answer given by the user: the value, the quantity and the comment.
Controlling the value
| FIELD | REQUIRED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Exists | Yes | Determines whether the form property always exists or only in some circumstances. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |
| Visible | Yes | Determines whether the form property is visible or only in some circumstances. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |
| Required | Yes | Determines whether the form property is required, not required, or only in some circumstances. |
| Updatable | Yes | Determines if the form property is always updatable or only in some circumstances. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |
| Computed | Yes | Determines if the form property is computed or not, or in only in some circumstances. Can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |
| Immediate propagation | Yes | In the event that the form property is used as an optional alias in a macro, the flag “immediate propagation” determines whether the macro can be triggered without the form property being answered (immediate propagation: true) or not (immediate propagation: false). Can be given by a fixed value only. If the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the “autoset” function (which will automatically attribute the last remaining value in a domain) will be deactivated. Moreover, if the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the form property cannot be calculated. |
Controlling the quantity
| FIELD | REQUIRED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Exists | Yes | Determines if a quantity must be associated with the form property or not, or only in certain circumstances (BRC Column). |
| Visible [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the quantity is visible or not, or only in certain circumstances. | |
| Required | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the quantity is required or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Updatable | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the quantity is updatable or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Computed | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the quantity is computed or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Immediate propagation | Yes | In the event that the quantity is used as an optional alias in a macro, the flag “immediate propagation” determines whether the macro can be triggered without the quantity being answered (immediate propagation: true) or not (immediate propagation: false). Can be given by a fixed value only. If the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the “autoset” function (which will automatically attribute the last remaining value in a domain) will be deactivated. Moreover, if the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the quantity cannot be calculated. |
Note: that by default the quantity does not exist.
Controlling the comment
| FIELD | REQUIRED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Exists | Yes | Determines if a comment must be associated with the form property or not, or only in certain circumstances (BRC Column). |
| Visible | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the comment is visible or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Required | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the comment is required or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Updatable | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the comment is updatable or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Computed | [If Exists = yes] | Determines if the comment is computed or not, or only in certain circumstances. |
| Immediate propagation | Yes | In the event that the comment is used as an optional alias in a macro, the flag “immediate propagation” determines whether the macro can be triggered without the comment being answered (immediate propagation: true) or not (immediate propagation: false). Can be given by a fixed value only. If the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the “autoset” function (which will automatically attribute the last remaining value in a domain) will be deactivated. Moreover, if the flag “immediate propagation” is set to true, the comment cannot be calculated. |
Note: that by default the comment does not exist.
Controlling list-based form properties
The following attributes are only available for list-based form properties, which accept multiple answers.
| FIELD | REQUIRED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| Min nbr of choices | No | The minimum number of choices to be made in a multiple-choice list. This attribute can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |
| Max nbr of choices | No | The maximum number of choices to be made in a multiple-choice list. This attribute can be given by a fixed value, or by a BRC Column. |