desc decorator

The desc element decorator provides alternate text to display for reports. It is useful for shortening lengthy text, or providing an alternative description if necessary.

Syntax

1. Option Text {desc: Descriptive text here }

Examples

Question options

Q54 uses desc decorators so that the text displayed for each option is more concise in reports. This example also makes use of the desc tag.

54. Incredibly verbose question text here.
desc: Technician Type
type: radio
1. Non-contract pay-by-the-hour {desc: By the hour}
2. Non-contract flat fee per visit {desc: Flat fee}
3. Contractually obligated  {desc: Contract}
4. Near shore outsourced flat fee based {desc: Near shore}
5. Incredibly verbose option here {desc: Other}

At list call 

The desc decorator can also add clarity and brevity to table rows and columns. In the example below, '[text]' will be replaced with the elements from the list FOODS. The desc decorator will produce a description like "Rating | Strawberries," and so on.

setlist: LIKE_OPTS
1. Dislikes
2. Indifferent
3. Likes
99. N/A

setlist: FOODS
1. Strawberries
2. Bananas
3. Walnuts

5. What is your chimpanzee's opinion about the following?
optsfrom: LIKE_OPTS
type: radiotable
rowsfrom: FOODS {desc: Rating | [text] }

In crosslists

When a desc decorator is placed on list options, these also carry forward into crosslists and crosslist quotas. Crosslists will combine each pair of a list option's desc decorator. The crosslist will display the preferred description in the various reports and follow the default settings of "text, text" unless otherwise specified with the crosslist text separator tag.

In the Topline example below, Q4 will display the option label "Male, Gen Z" in all reports instead of the option text "I am a male" and "Under 25." For quotas, the crosslist will show the desired label in the rows and columns instead of the programmed option text. Looking again at the same example, the crosslist quota derived from Q4 will display the description "Male" and "Gen Z" instead of the text "I am a male" and "Under 25."

setlist: GEN
1. I am a male {desc: Male}
2. I am a female {desc: Female}

setlist: AGE
1. Under 25 {desc: Gen Z}
2. 26 - 41 {desc: Millenials}
3. 42 - 57 {desc: Gen X}
4. 58 and older {desc: Boomers}

setlist: AGEGEN
cross lists: GEN, AGE

4. Select one!
type: radio
quotas: y
optsfrom: AGEGEN 

Topline report	Quota Manager