desc

The desc tag provides alternate text to display in reports. It is useful for shortening lengthy text or providing an alternative description.

1. What type of technician do you <b>primarily</b> use for these types of repairs?
type: radio
desc: Technician type
1. Non-contract pay-by-the-hour
2. Non-contract flat fee per visit
3. Contractually obligated
4. Near shore outsourced flat fee based
97. Other technician type {autoother: y}

Details

• The desc tag can be added to questions and tables, replacing the question text with the alternative description.
• When applying the desc tag to questions in a block, you can include the '%%TEXT%%' placeholder in the alternate description so each iteration includes the text of the list element driving that iteration.
• If need be, the desc tag and desc decorators can be applied together on a question or table.

Additional examples

Using alternative descriptions on a question in a block

Blocks are widgets that contain one or more questions that are repeated (or "looped") for a specified list of elements. The '%%TEXT%%' placeholder will substitute the text of a list element for a given iteration. This placeholder can be included as input in a desc tag so that each iteration has a similar description.

In the example below, Q2_%%ID%% is looped for any elements in TPBRANDS that received a '3' in Q1. If a respondent gives a '3' to Charmin and Quilted Northern, the respondent then sees Q2_1 (Charmin) and Q2_3 (Quilted Northern) in the block. Q2_1's alternate description would then be "Likelihood to recommend Charmin" while Q2_3's alternate description would be "Likelihood to recommend Quilted Northern." 

setlist: TPBRANDS
randomize: y
1. Charmin
2. Angel Soft
3. Quilted Northern
4. Seventh Generation

1. What is your awareness of the following toilet paper brands?
type: radio table
1. Unaware
2. Aware, never purchased
3. Purchased
rowsfrom: TPBRANDS

block: <<END

2_%%ID%%. On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely are you to recommend %%TEXT%%?
type: radio
hscale: y
headings: Highly Unlikely, Highly Likely
optsfrom: series [1..5]
desc: Likelihood to recommend %%TEXT%%

END
list: TPBRANDS {if anyChecked($Q1R[id],3)}