State

Indicates whether you’re working with a draft or a published option source.

Validation

Choose a validation for the text representation of your options. In addition to your homemade validation, the defaults String, Integer, Decimal and Date may be used here.

Answer Value

An option consists of an answer value and a text representation. The text is what the end user will see in the respondent UI, but the answer value is the reference point of the option in Compose. It is the answer value that will be mapped to PDF templates, generated XMLs and in generic service calls.

Text

See Answer Value

Pen icon

Provides a larger input field for the option text.

Language icon

Allows you to see all translations of the option if multiple languages is enabled.

Delete

All added options may be removed. Pressing the X-icon will delete the option.

Auto-populate via service

The option source can be connected to a generic service. If this is checked the properties for a service populated option source will be made available. See Auto-populate via service section below.

Add

Clicking Add will add one more option to the table.

Clear all

Clicking Clear all will remove all options added.

Populate

When creating an option source you have the choice to populate the list of options, instead of entering all options manually. More information about option source population in the upcoming section.

Publish

When one or more options have been added in your draft you have the option to publish the option source. If you are editing an already published option source, the forms using the option source will be updated instantly as you publish the changes.

Override Draft Options

Select if you wish to override the options in the draft with the options from the published option source.

Append From Top

Select if you wish to add the options from the published options source to the top of the options table in the draft.

Append From End

Select if you wish to add the options from the published options source at the bottom of the options table in the draft.

Close

Closes the menu.

Populate

Populates the option table with the population settings you’ve chosen.

Override Draft Options

Select if you wish to override the options in the draft with the options from the external file.

Append From Top

Select if you wish to add the options from the external file to the top of the options table in the draft.

Append From End

Select if you wish to add the options from the external file at the bottom of the options table in the draft.

Format

Format setting of external file. Choose between CVS and SDV.

Encoding

Encoding setting of external file. Choose between UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1.

Separator

Enter the separator corresponding with the format you have chosen (; for CSV).

File

Browse to find the external file you wish to use for option source population.

Close

Closes the menu.

Populate

Populates the option table with the population settings you’ve chosen.

Generic Service

The name of the selected generic service will be displayed here.

Browse

Use the Browse button to find the generic service.

Clear

Clears the generic service connected to the option source.

Version

Select the version of the generic service you want to use (if multiple versions).

Update to highest minor version automatically

If checked, the option source will automatically use the highest minor version of the selected generic service.

Map Request Variables

Map Request Variables from the generic service.

Map Response Variables

Map Response Variables from the generic service.

Schedule

The generic service is usually connected to an external register. In this section, you may set a schedule for the frequency of the service call, and therefore the frequency of the updating of the option source. You do not need to re-publish after automatic updates.

• Hourly at minute

• Daily at hour

• Hourly at minute - Calling the generic service once every hour at the minute you select in the input field.

• Daily at hour - Calling the generic service once every day at the hour selected in the input field.

Custom (cron expression)

The schedule can be set at a custom interval. If selected, enter the preferred interval as a cron expression in the input field.

None

The option source will not be updated automatically, only manually.

Populate

Click to run the generic service for the first time and populate the option source. Clicking Populate will cause the current list of options in your draft to be overwritten. The button is enabled when you have saved the draft you are working on.

Publish

An option source must be published to be available for use in forms/workflows. Use the publish button to publish the changes done to the option source. When the draft is saved and published it will immediately take effect in workflows/forms where it’s connected. The button is enabled when you have saved the draft you are working on.