How to create question categories

This article explains how to create additional fields- question categories into the application. Based on those categories you can later generate tests.

Creating categories

To create categories you can define in the questions, you should:

  1. Hover over the “System” section in the main menu, then choose “Settings and customizations“.
  2. Navigate to the “Custom properties” tab.
  3. Navigate to the “Question categories” in the side menu.
  4. Click the “New question category“.
  5. Enter the category name.
  6. Optionally, enter the description.
  7. Click the “Save” button to preserve all the changes.

To add the desired values for created category:

  1. Click the marked button.
  2. Click the “Add new value” button.
  3. Enter the name for the value.
  4. Optionally enter the description for the value.
  5. Click the “Save” button. You can add as many values as you want.

Additionally, you can add sub-values as well:

  1. Select the node on the left side.
  2. Click the “Add new value” button.
  3. Enter the name.
  4. Optionally enter the description for the value.
  5. Click the “Save” button. You can add as many child values as you want.

You can create as many values and sub-values as you want.

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