When laying out the questionnaire in the Survey Solutions Designer, mind
the following design restrictions by question type:
| Type of question | Can be used as interviewer | Can be used as supervisor | Can be used in cover section | Can be used as hidden | Can be preloaded | Can be used in substitutions | Can be used in Web interviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| Barcode | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES (appears as text entry) |
| Categorical multi-select | YES | YES (NO for linked) | NO | YES (NO for linked) | YES (NO for linked) | NO | YES |
| Categorical single-select | YES | YES (NO for linked) | YES | YES (NO for linked) | YES, (NO for linked) | YES | YES |
| Date | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Geography | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| GPS | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| List | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Numeric | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Picture | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES, (upload file only) |
| Text | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Please note:
- The cover page is a special section that may not contain sub-sections or rosters.
- For
Datequestions the serialization format for substitutions is:YYYY-MM-DD. - For
DateTimevariables andDatequestions with timestamp recording, the serialization format for substitutions is:YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss. - For
GPS(location) questions the latitude and longitude coordinates must be either preloaded together or skipped together. - Only one
GPS(location) question may be placed into the cover page section (be identifying). - Calculated variables of any type do not have any scope, can’t be preloaded, can always be used in substitutions, can always be used in Web interviews, can be placed on the questionnaire’s cover page.