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Field number

Field name

Required

Explanation

1

text

yes

the question itself

2

parent

no

the text of the parent question; this field is blank if it has no parent question

3

category

yes- if no parent

the category it belongs in; if the question has a parent, then leave this field blank and it inherits the category of the parent question

4

explanation required

no

Under what circumstances does the answer require an explanation?

r = if answer is favorable; u = if answer is unfavorable;

a = always; n = never

5

show if parent

no

y = if the answer to the parent question is favorable, then show this question (default);

n = if the answer to the parent question is unfavorable, then show this question.

6

weight*

no

c = critical; h = high; m = medium (default); l = low; i = informational

7

allow explanation

no

true = allow users to type in an explanation;

false (default) = no explanation allowed (does not override the “explanation required” field)

8

help text

no

text that will be displayed as help text for the question (recommended)

9

question answer response group

yes

the name of the answer response group for this question

10

documentation required

no

f = required when favorable only;

u = required when unfavorable only;

a = always required;

n (default) = never required

11

allow documentation

no

true = allow documentation upload;

false (default) = do not allow documentation upload (does not override the “documentation required” field)

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You can also view the revision history for the question. Each time you change a question, you can’t just overwrite the old question, because it might have already been used in a survey that was run in the past. If a question does have revisions, Isora GRC will keep track of which version of it was used in each survey that included it.

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