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Form Fields

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Introduction

A field is the item that manages what information is collected on the form. Each field must be located within a Form Page.

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Field Properties

A field stores the information to be collected on the form. Each field has the following properties.

• Key
  • The key is used when identifying the field in a data export such as to MS Excel.
• Label
  • The label is the text presented to the user for each field. The label accepts free form text.
• Required
  • The required property dictates if the field is required to be completed by the user.
• Description
  • The description property provides a user friendly description of the field for the user.

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Field Types

Each form template in AtlasOMS consists of pages that have a set of customizable fields. The following fields are available within the form builder

• Text
  • The text field consists of standard free form text input.
• Comment
  • The comment field is similar to the text field, however it allows for longer text entry.
• Number
  • The number field captures number data.
• Drop-down
  • The drop-down field consists of choices that appear in a drop-down list.
• Multiple-choice
  • The multiple-choice field consists of choices that appear as a radio button list. Only one choice can be selected.
• Checkbox
  • The checkbox field consists of choices that appear as a list of checkboxes. Multiple checkboxes can be selected.
• Date
  • The date field stores a date.
• Date time
  • The date time field stores both a date and a time.
• Coordinate
  • The coordinate field allows a user to collect a map coordinate. The map coordinate is stored and displayed as Latitude and Longitude.

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Adding a Field

To add a field to a form template, click the Add Field Button.

The New Field modal will open and display the properties for the new field. Fill out the information and when you are ready click Save

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Edit a Field

To edit the page, select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the page.

Select Edit and adjust the properties of a field.

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Move a Field

To move a field, select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the field.

Select Move and adjust the properties on the move screen. You can choose the move the field before or after another field. Click Save when you are ready to proceed.

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Remove a Field

To remove a field, select the gear icon in the upper right corner of the field.

Select Remove. The field will be removed and the other field (if they exists) will be reordered.