{/doc/assessment {Assessment}} {5. Action Triggers} 5. Action Triggers

5. Action Triggers

To define an Action Trigger, the field "Type" in the form must be checked as "Action".

The condition field shows the question and its possible anwers, it means that when the user is responding the assessment, if this answer is given for this question, the action will be executed.

After the trigger is created, the action related must be chosen, also the time when the action will be executed, and the message shown to the user when the action is executed.

The actions can be executed in three different times:

  1. Immediately: it means that the action will be executed after the user finish to respond the current section.

  2. At the end of this Assessment: it means that the action will be executed when the user finish to respond all the sections of the assessment.

  3. Manually:this means that the action will be executed by an administrator (i.e. in case that the request needs approval).

After select the action related to the trigger, the parameters for the action must be set, the select boxes display the options depending on the type of the parameter.

  • Query: display the values returned by the query defined for the parameter.

  • Name: the options displayed depends on the time of execution:

    • Immediately: display all the questions defined in previuos sections.

    • At the end of the assessment and Manually: display all the questions defined in the assessment.