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Form Components Overview

SERIES INFORMATION The Form Components series contains the following articles. Form components overview [this page] Form names Form categories Sections Questions  OVERVIEW This Form Components Serie...

Calculations Overview

SERIES INFORMATION The Calculations series contains the following articles. Calculations overview [this page]  Basic calculations Table calculations Linked calculations History calculations Option c...

Basic Calculations

Unless a specific type of result is required, such as text, option or duration, a basic calculation is the best calculation type to use when referencing individual fields within the current form. If i...

Event forms, questions and calculations

Event forms are templates within Smartabase which capture data. An event form records data about an event, hence its name. An event form captures data in the same way that a paper time-sheet records h...

Questions

Question fields are the smallest component of a form. Each question must be contained within a section. Questions can be added using the Add Question tab on the left-hand side of the page. When a ques...

Duration Calculations

You can use a duration calculation to work with data entered into duration fields in an event form. For duration fields that are part of a table, you should use the table duration calculation instead....

Question Types Overview

SERIES INFORMATION The Question Types series contains the following articles. Question types overview [this page]  Numbers Text Body diagrams Simple body area diagram Duration Multi-file upload Embe...

Numbers

Numeric fields allow the user to enter a number. There are four numeric question types: Number Positive number Whole number Positive whole number Using the Advanced Properties tab, number and positive...

Tables

Tables are used to capture information where multiple values are required for a single field. Tables can only be built such that each question field is a column (row based tables are not possible in S...

Text

Text fields allow the user to input text. They can be customised to different sizes, minimum entry lengths and other input criteria. Single line text – allows the user to input a single line of ...