Questions CSV Upload

Only superusers can upload questions. The CSV has a lot of fields and some of them are dependent on each other. All fields are required unless otherwise noted.

Field Name

Details

Field Name

Details

text

The text of the question itself

parent1

The text of the parent question; leave it blank if this question has no parent

question_category

The parent category for this question (must match the parent question's category if a parent question was specified)

show_if_parent2

This field determines whether this child question should be displayed at all, based on the answer to the parent question. The options are: “y” for if favorable, “n” for if unfavorable

explanation_required

Under what circumstances does the question require an additional open-ended response? “f” for when favorable, “u“ for when unfavorable, “a for always, “n” for never

weight

Weight value for scoring- “c” for critical, “h” for high, “m” for medium, “l” for low, or “i” for informational

allow_explanation

Do you want to allow additional explanation, even if not required? “true” or “false”

help_text1

Text that will be displayed as help for the question.

question_response_group

Text representing the name of the answer response group

documentation_required

Under what circumstances does the question require supporting documentation upload? “f” for when favorable, “u“ for when unfavorable, “a for always, “n” for never

allow_documentation

Do you want to allow supporting documentation upload, even if not required? “true” or “false”

1This field is optional and may be left blank.

2This field is required if a parent question is specified; NOTE in current version of Isora GRC there is a bug such that this field is required even if there is no parent. The value can be “y” or “n” since it will be ignored.