Define new questions

About this task

After you create a question set, add questions to it.

Procedure

  1. In the Product Designer navigation panel, expand the Question Sets node and then select the question set to which to add questions.
  2. At the top of the Questions page, click the icon that represents the type of question set to add.

    Icon

    Question type

    Format


    String
    • String Field
    • String Text Box


    Integer
    • Integer Field


    Boolean
    • Boolean Checkbox
    • Boolean Radio
    • Boolean Select


    Choice
    • Choice Radio
    • Choice Select


    Date
    • Date Field

    Choice Radio buttons display horizontally on one line. For more than several buttons, use Choice Select. If you have many choices, they can scroll off the screen, and you have to expand the window to view the choices.

  3. Clicking a question set type icon opens the Add Question dialog box. Specify the following properties:

    Property

    Value

    Code

    QuestionCode that answers use to point back to their questions.

    Label

    Text of the question as it appears in PolicyCenter.

    Format

    Listed in the preceding table. Determines how the question is presented in PolicyCenter.
  4. Click OK to add the new question to the list of questions for this question set.
  5. Arrange the order of questions in the Questions page by dragging them up or down. The order of questions in the Questions page determines the order of questions in PolicyCenter.

Question pages

After you add a question, you can select it in the navigation panel and then use the links under Go to to visit any of the following related pages:

  • Dependent On – Create dependencies that determine whether specific questions are visible in PolicyCenter, as explained in Configure a question’s dependencies.
  • Incorrect Answer – Specify a correct answer, failure message, blocking action, underwriting issue type, and risk points to add, as explained in Configure incorrect answer behavior.
  • Availability – Define the conditions that control whether an individual question is available. Availability functionality for questions is similar to that of the other patterns, and is explained in Defining availability.
  • Choices – Appears for Choice type questions only. Define the choices available for answering the question, as explained in Configure question choices.