Click the “manage questions” link to view and work with individual questions. The default view will likely be many pages long and the questions aren’t necessarily in any particular order. You may find it more useful to view questions using the tree view.
Under tree view, questions are displayed grouped by their categories.
The most efficient way to upload new questions yourself is to use a CSV file. From the grid view, click the CSV upload button. Each line of the file represents one question, with twelve fields, which are outlined in the table below. The fields allow you to determine how the question will look, where it shows up (under what category), what type of answers are allowed and how the answers will be scored.
Field number | Field name | Required | Explanation |
1 | text | yes | the question itself |
2 | parent | no | this field is blank if it has no parent question |
3 | category | yes | |
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 partial credit | no | true = in addition to yes or no answers, users could answer 1-33%, 34-66% or 67-99; false (default) = users can only select yes or no |
8 | high partial credit percentage is better | no | true = higher percentages are more favorable; false (default) = lower percentages are more favorable (only applies for questions that allow partial credit answers) |
9 | allow explanation | no | true = allow users to type in an explanation; false (default) = no explanation allowed |
10 | help text | no | text that will be displayed as help text for the question (recommended) |
11 | full credit text | no | This text is displayed to the user to show them what a full-credit answer should be (default text is “yes”) |
12 | no credit text | no | This text is displayed to the user to show them what a no-credit answer would be (default text is “no”) |
The weight value is used to calculate the scores which are reported by ISORA’s reports module. The respective weight values are summarized in the table below.
Weight | Value |
critical | 10 |
high | 7.5 |
medium | 5 |
low | 2.5 |
informational | 0 |
If you already have existing questions in ISORA and you just want to add a single new question, you can use the “add a new question” box. Fill in the fields and click “save.”
