Questionnaire composition - UI concept

[romaintailhurat]

Here is a first and very simple concept of the UI part of questionnaires composition:

The main idea here is to provide another kind of structural element for the questionnaire : a link to another questionnaire.

The element itself could be name after the target questionnaire. Editing this element display a UI where the designer can specify if its the whole questionnaire or a part of it that is integrated.

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Specification

When not specified, the ref element is at the same level than a sequence element, and has the same behaviour

Add a ref

• click the add element button
• in the questionnaire list, choose a questionnaire,
• then click the add button
• a ref element is added to the questionnaire

Delete a ref

• Focus on the ref element
• a Delete button appears at the right end of the element
• click on the delete button
• the ref element is deleted

Move a ref

• specific behavior: the ref element cannot be put under a sequence or a subsequence
• display only legitimate position
• ⚠️ currently we keep the existing display, too costly to customise
• when dropping, the element will be move to the closest possible location (before or after the current displayed position)

Adding other elements

Once added

Ref questionnaire vars are available

• they can be used as any other variables
• collected variables
• ref questionnaire computed variables are added to the computed variable panel
• same for external variables (does it have a sense ?)
  → it doesn't make sense in the current UI for computed and external variables, though it would in a future Pogues where there is a dedicated and global variables page where all variables are listed.

Updates

• First implementation: refs vars are updated when loading the questionnaire
• Second implementation: adding a update button ♻️

Checks

Regular name checks

Sequences, questions, variables, etc.

Reference checks

• When loading the questionnaire or through the update button ♻️ , check if a reference is still valid (it exists)
  • if not anymore, mark the ref element as not existing, the user will update or change this ref manually, or delete it

[romaintailhurat]

Adding a element - button placement

Adding an element - choice

ℹ️ Note the correct items of the choices list are (in 🇫🇷):

• "Référence au TCM"
• "Référence à un questionnaire"
• "Fusion avec un questionnaire"

TCM module choice

Note: here, we want a new page, not a modal window.

TCM module configuration

more discussions with TCM manager is needed here.

Module reference display

Colore ref is #e7a10b

[romaintailhurat]

Progress have been made; currently a difficult part, handling the drag and drop algorithm for a reference object

[romaintailhurat]

First experience with composition UI

Global comments

• the external elements choice panel should be closer to the button (see what we have for the visualisation feature)

1 - Adding a ref to an empty questionnaire

It works, but we still have a warning message (see below) whereas we should not (the ref is indeed adding at least a sequence and a question).

2 - Moving the reference element in the questionnaire structure

Moving a reference element is nicely handle: the ref can only be placed at the sequence level, ie not inside a sequence or sub sequence.

3 - Deletion

OK 👍

[loichenninger]

The warning message for a questionnaire too short does not appear anymore on the screen if the questionnaire is composed of only an external reference.

[romaintailhurat]

@loichenninger TODO Provide a cost estimation of implementing sequence integration (from a catalog questionnaire)

[loichenninger]

@romaintailhurat What is the behaviour wanted if a questionnaire contains a reference that does not exist anymore?

[romaintailhurat]

@romaintailhurat What is the behaviour wanted if a questionnaire contains a reference that does not exist anymore?

Spec updated 😄

[romaintailhurat]

UI for a non-existing ref:

Color is #dadadb

EDIT: ref in #626

[romaintailhurat]

In order to be compliant with the spec (see above):

• the option list for adding an external element should be at the same distance from the button than the generation target list from the "Visualize" button
• we also need to delete the "+ Questionnaire" button in favor of a 3rd external element.

Note: here are the missing translations for the external elements ⬇️

• TCM reference
• Questionnaire reference
• Questionnaire merging

[romaintailhurat]

In order to be compliant with the spec (see above):

• the option list for adding an external element should be at the same distance from the button than the generation target list from the "Visualize" button

• we also need to delete the "+ Questionnaire" button in favor of a 3rd external element.

Thank you @BulotF, those two issues are fixed!

[romaintailhurat]

Done