Knowledge Base Applications

KBA settings

The Avance Settings of a KBA allows to specify properties associated to the KBA. Properties such as the visibility, the bookmark strategy and the summary disposition among others.

 

To modify extra features in the KBA:

  1. In the KBAs overview screen, click on the button to open the settings screen of a specific KBA
  2. Expand the 'Advanced Settings' tab.

The following settings can be changed:

General

Setting Description
 Visibility  Set the KBA to public or restricted.
Default language Choose the default language for the consultation
Categories Add categories to the KBA for sorting purposes
Comment Add comment to the KBA

Advanced settings

Questions

Setting Description
 Position of the question  Position the question above or left of the input
Number of columns  Determine the number of columns for initialization variables and frames.
Switch to dropdown if maximum number of possible answers exceeds Determine the number of answers when a dropdown should be used instead of radiobuttons
Limit of alternatives to use checkbox/multiselectdropdown Determine the number of answers when a multiselect dropdown should be used instead of checkboxes
Character limit to use input text/textarea  Determine the number of characters when a textarea should be used instead of
Question width  Give additional .css classes to the question container to increase the width

The "question width" class will overwrite the default class

Answers

Setting Description
Show answers Determine if you want to show or hide the answers on screen
Default answers visibility Determine if the answers panel should be collapsed or expanded at the start of the consultation
Element to be used to separate the values of a multivalue variable Determine how the values of a multivalue variable should be separated.
Input width  Give additional .css classes to the answer container to increase the width

The "input width" class will overwrite the default class

Explanations

Setting Description
What should trigger a show of the tooltip Choose the action when a tooltip should be triggered. (Click: when a user click the icon, Hover: when a user hover over the icon)
Character length limit to use tooltip or pop-up Choose the amount of characters when a pop-up is shown instead of a tooltip

Messages

Setting Description
Display message location Determine the position of the display message.
Keep all messages visible Determine if you want to keep all display messages visible during the consultation

Title

Setting Description
HTML title Add a title to the consultation page. This title is shown in the page bookmark and tab