Matrix

Matrix questions offer the following options:

Property Name

Property Description

Question Name*

The name of the survey question. This name doesn't appear when participants complete the survey. It appears in reports and when answers are downloaded in PDF format.

Question Text*

The text of the question.

Variable

A variable name to use when exporting the data for this question. If no variable name is specified, the question name is used when exporting data.

Mandatory

Indicates if this question is mandatory and must be completed by participants.

Conditions

The conditions that make this question mandatory. The question will be mandatory only for participants whose answers meet the specified conditions.

Hidden

Indicates if this question is hidden when participants complete the survey. Instead of deleting a question and loosing it's data associated, you can hide it.

Grouped

Indicates if this question is grouped on the same page with the proceeding question(s).

Participant Comments

Indicates if participants can provide comments in a comments box that appears below the question. Enable this option if you have an "Other" option and you want participants to be able to provide details.

Comments Label

The label to display above the comments box if comments are enabled.

Max. Length

The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the comments field.

Single Line

Indicates if a simple text field or multiline text field is displayed.

Timeout

The maximum number of seconds a participant has to complete the question. Once the timeout has expired, the participant will no longer be able to complete the question.

Disable Previous

Indicates if the "Previous" button is disabled. When activated, once a participant reaches this question in the survey, they can no longer use the previous button to change answers to previous questions.

Write Once

Indicates if the answer to this question becomes read only and cannot be changed once the participant clicks the "Next" button.

First Column Width (px)

The width in pixels of the first column that displays the rows' text.

* denotes a mandatory field.

Matrix question Rows offer the following options:

Property Name

Property Description

Caption*

The caption of this row in the matrix.

Height (px)

The height of this row in pixels.

Mandatory

Indicates

Mandatory (Conditions)

Indicates the conditions under which the participant must provide answers for each column in this row.

Skip Logic

The conditions to determine if this row is shown or not.

Heading

Indicates that this row is a heading and does not require the participant to enter data.

* denotes a mandatory field.

Matrix question Columns offer the following options:

Property Name

Property Description

Caption*

The caption of this column in the matrix.

Type*

The data type of the information that participants enter for rows in this column.

Values

Values can only be entered for List, Categorical, and Checkboxes column types. Enter a comma separated list of values to populate the available choices.

Width (px)

The width of the column in pixels

Mandatory

Indicates if the participant must provide answers for each row in this column.

Mandatory (Conditions)

Indicates the conditions under which the participant must provide answers for each row in this column

Skip Logic

The conditions to determine if this column is shown or not

* denotes a mandatory field.

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