Query Action dialog box—Option descriptions

Initial Query State

Initial state of the query.

• Open—The query is visible on the form and available for response.
• Candidate—The query is not visible on the form until someone reviews and explicitly opens it.

Item

Item on which the query will be issued. You can:

• Type the name of the item.
• Drag an item from the Data tab to the field.
• Type an expression that satisfies the requirements of the rule expression language. For more information, see About the rule expression language.

Locale

Locale of the query message.

Note: To translate information, you must have the necessary language skills defined in the Central Designer Administrator application.

Message

Query message that appears. The query message must be 255 characters or fewer. The following errors occur for query messages that have 256 characters or more:

• If the query message has parameters and the message is 255 characters or fewer without the parameters, you receive a warning during validation, and the query is truncated to 255 characters in the InForm application.
• If the query message does not have parameters, you receive an error during validation.

Note: A parameterized string in an email message or query that is generated in the InForm application follows the formatting that is specified for the site in the InForm application. Not allowed and unknown components of a date time value appear as asterisks (*). Leading and following underscores in the value are removed automatically.

Message Parameters

Optional parameters that you can create and use in the query message.

Type a value or drag information from the Data, Functions, Constants, and Globals tabs.

Reference tabs—Available components

List of the components that are available for use in the rule being defined.

By default, these tabs appear on the right side of the dialog box. When you select a tab, the Reference section appears, with tabs along the bottom edge.

Data tab

The available study objects appear in a tree structure similar to the Project Explorer.

Functions tab

The available functions appear in a tree structure organized by class.

Note: Functions are defined in the Study Editor or Library Editor.

Constants tab

The available constants appear in a tree structure organized by class.

Note: Constants are defined in the Study Editor or Library Editor.

Data Mappings tab

The components of the available mappings appear in a tree structure similar to the Project Explorer.

Show All checkbox

When selected, all available study objects as well as their properties appear. When not selected, only the available study objects appear.