Changing Possible Answers for Questions
The answers displayed to an operator in Data Collect can be changed within Cockpit.
Answers will only be modified on units where the question has not yet been answered.
Select the Attribute tab.
Click Questions.
All available questions are displayed in the upper pane. The list of questions can be filtered by Category and Question Type.
Select a Multiple Choice type question and click 
.
A dialog with several tabs opens.
Select the Answers tab.
Within the Answers tab the Static tab displays the answers assigned to the question in the upper pane.
Add and remove answers by enabling them and dragging them between the panes.
If required use the 
and 
buttons to change the order in which the questions will be presented to the operator.
Modify the value assigned to an answer by selecting it and clicking .
When finished click OK.
A dialog opens asking if you want to update answers for existing unit questions that are not answered.
Click Yes.
The question is updated.
Adding/Regenerating Questions
A new or modified question can be added to existing units. Alternatively you can use this method to reset (regenerate) questions on specific units when they've already been answered. Search for the required units using an identifier such as a serial number or by the time at which the unit passed a specific tracking point.
Select the Attribute tab.
Click Unit Questions.
All available questions are displayed in the upper pane. The list of questions can be filtered by Category and Question Type.
Select the question to be added to units.
Click the Add to Units button (
) below the upper pane.
The Add Question to Units dialog opens.
Search for the unit(s) in one of the following ways:
By Identifier: Select the By identifier tab then select which identifier to search for and enter the value to search for.
By Tracking Point: Select the By Tracking tab then select a tracking point and enter and beginning and end date/time.
If required, enable Skip units that already have the question at the top of the dialog.
Click Search.
A list of the units matching the criteria is shown.
If a unit already has the selected question added to it it will be crossed out with a red line. If required, enable Force recreation where necessary. This will reset answers that have already been given for questions.
Enable the checkboxes for the units that the question will be added to/regenerated for.
Click Go.
The selected question will either be added to the units or the answers given for the question will be removed. In both cases the question will need to be answered by the operator.
Repair Reset
The answers to questions can be reset once a particular repair has been carried out. This can be configured in the Repair Resets tab within the Unit Question.
If any of the repair type, part, product or location combinations exist in the Repair Resets tab, the question will be reset to unanswered for that unit.
To configure a Repair Reset for a Unit Question, follow the steps below:
Select the Attribute tab.
Click Unit Questions.
All available questions are displayed in the upper pane. The list of questions can be filtered by Category and Question Type.
Select the question that requires a Repair Reset.
Click the edit button ().
Select the Repair Resets tab.
Click the add button (
).
Select the Repair Type that will trigger the Repair Reset.
Select a Product if this Repair Reset applies to a particular product.
Select a Part if this Repair Reset applies to a particular part.
Select a Location if this Repair Reset applies to a particular location.
Please note that if any of the repair type, product, part or location combinations exist in the Repair Resets tab, the question will be reset (unanswered) for that unit.
Press OK. The Repair Reset condition is added to the Unit Question.