Use responses from an earlier question
Use the responses from one question to create a customized question through the use of the response piping feature integrated in Blue. Go even further with Cross-project Response Piping and use responses from a published project to generate customized questions in a different project.
Response piping works by including a short field mapping symbol in the fill out labels for a question. When Blue generates the questionnaire for a specific rater, the field mapping symbol is replaced with the corresponding response. For more information on default piping/field mapping symbols, see Default piping/field mapping symbols.
- Field Mapping Symbols should only be included in the Fill out Labels for a question, otherwise reports will be difficult to read.
- Response piping is supported only in Response Sheet report blocks, all other report blocks do not support response piping.
- To use response piping, questions must have identifiers.
- Responses to hidden questions can be piped as long as the Keep Responses if Hidden option is enabled for the hidden question.
- The question providing the response and the question using the response must be separated by at least a page break.
The syntax for response piping is:
[#Identifier|Scale,Defaultvalue]
- Identifier - The unique identifier that can be added to a question or sub-question
- Scale - (optional) The question scale for the response desired, possible values are:
- |S1 for the first scale
- |S2 for the second scale
- |C for comments in a Comments type question
- Defaultvalue - (optional) The text that will be displayed if there is no available response found.
Examples include:
[#A15|S2,your favorite color]
[#Q10]
[#DPT08,the location]
Piping Date/Time Questions
Response piping for Date/Time questions follow a slightly different syntax than other questions types:
[#Identifier|Response,Defaultvalue]
- Identifier - The unique identifier that can be added to a question or sub-question.
- Response - the particular date and time that will be displayed, possible values are:
- D1 - the date response provided in the first date field.
- D2 - the date response provided in the second date field.
- D3 - ...
- T1 - the date and time response provided in the first date field.
- T2 - the date and time response provided in the second date field.
- T3 - ...
- Defaultvalue - (optional) The text that will be displayed if there is no available response found.
Examples:
[#Q45|D1,your birthday]
[#PO2345|T6]
[#88|T2,end of term]
Piping Single Selection Table Questions and Multiple Selection Table Questions
Response piping for sub-questions of both Single Selection Table questions and Multiple Selection Table questions behave just like any other question type.
However, if the question identifier for a Single Selection Table question or a Multiple Selection Table question is used to pipe responses, then the responses for all of the sub-questions will be included separated by commas.
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