Changing Question Properties

The following details can be viewed and/or configured for each Question listed in Pharos Administrator.

General Properties
Type-specific Properties

General Properties

Property	Description
Name	This name uniquely identifies the question, and is displayed to the administrator when setting up groups of questions. The names of the system questions cannot be altered.
Question Group	This is a read-only field that specifies the Question Group that the question belongs to.
Charging Model	This read-only property applies only to Charging Model questions, and displays the name of the Charging Model that the question is generated from.
Prompt	This is the question that appears to the user at the top of the Popup Client interface, prompting them to enter the required information.
Description	The question description appears at the bottom of the Popup Client interface, giving the user more information about the details they are required to enter. Where multiple questions are displayed to users on a single Popups dialog, only the description of the question that currently has focus is displayed.
Category	This read-only property applies only to Charging Model questions, and displays the name of the Category in the Charging Model that the question is generated from.
Re-use Last Answer	Whether the user's last answer given for this Question is saved, and if so whether it is applied automatically or not. The options are: Apply automatically - The user’s last answer is saved and is automatically applied to subsequent print jobs. The user is never asked the Popup Question again until it is reset. Last answers are reset in the following situations: The user logs off from the computer. Once a user logs off, their session is terminated, and the saved answers are lost. The user manually clears saved answers using the Popup Client Configuration Tool. The time period specified in the Popup Client Configuration Tool to keep the saved answers expires (if configured). Don't reuse - The user will always be asked the Pop-up Question. This is the default value for all new Popup questions. Offer as default- The user’s last answer for this Question is saved and the next time the user prints, the Popup client is pre-populated with the saved answer. All last answers can be reset or cleared using the Pharos Popup Client Configuration Tool. This can be accessed by clicking the Answers Settings link from the Pharos Popup client interface or can be launched from the Windows startup menu.

Type-specific Properties

Not all properties on the Type tab appear for each question - for any given question, the properties present depend on the type of question selected.

Property	Description
Type	A question's type specifies the format of the expected answer. The following question types are available: String - A string question requires a string of characters in response i.e. the entry of a word or phrase. Floating Point Number - A float question requires the entry of a number that includes a decimal point. Guest Accounts - A Guest Account question. Integer Number - An integer question requires the entry of a number in response. Job Name - A job name question requires the entry of the name of a print job. Money - A money question requires the entry of a monetary value in response. List - A list question requires the user to select a response from a given list of options. If any of the system questions are changed to be list questions, they will always be displayed on separate dialogs - the combined dialog does not support list questions. Phone Number - A phone number question requires a string of characters in response. A combination of numbers and characters is allowed, e.g. 555-123-4567. Cost Center - A Cost Center question allows the user to enter or select a Cost Center from an existing Charging Model.
Length	This property applies to String, PhoneNumber and Username, Password and Job Name questions only. The string length is the maximum number of characters the user may enter when answering the question. The string length reflects the complexity of the answer required. The default length for a Password Question is 16, but you can set it up to a maximum of 255 characters.
Minimum	This property applies to Integer, Float and Money questions only. This is the smallest number that may be entered as an answer to the question.
Maximum	This property applies to Integer, Float and Money questions only. This is the largest number that may be entered as an answer to the question.
Decimal Places	This property applies to Float questions only. This is the maximum number of decimal places the user may enter when answering the question.
Default	This property applies to all question types except for Cost Center. The default value is a common answer to the question. Users may accept this value immediately, or delete it and enter their own response. For List questions, this property offers all items configured for the question for selection.
Hide Answer	This property applies to all question types except for Cost Center. If a question is hidden, the user sees only asterisks (***) when entering the answer. The standard Password question is an example of a hidden question.
Confirm	This property applies to all question types except for Cost Center, and is only active if "Yes" is selected for the hidden property. Where questions are hidden, it may be desirable to make users enter the answer twice for confirmation.
Mandatory	This property applies to all question types. If a question is mandatory, users cannot proceed until they have answered it. Non-mandatory (i.e optional) questions allow users to skip to the next question without entering any response.
Skip If One Choice	This property applies to Charging Models question only. If a list has only one item, then there is only one possible answer that can be given to the question. In this case, it may be desirable to simply assume the answer and skip the question entirely. The user does not see the question, but it is asked and effectively answered with the only option, as a way of setting a piece of data in a print job without the user knowing.