Setting up a Comments Widget

The Comments widget displays comments from a chosen survey and allows adding contextual information and additional columns for more details.

1. Choose the survey from which you want to display the comments in the setup section.

2. In the comments section, select the text question(s) from the drop-down list in the "Variable" field.

3. Provide a label for the comments, which will serve as the header for the Comments column in the widget.

You can display multiple comment sets in the widget by clicking the + plus icon at the top of the Comments section. To view a specific set, open the drop-down in the upper-left corner of the widget and select the desired set.

Selecting the comments to be presented

Adding a Header or Footer

To add contextual information to the comments, you can include a header and/or a footer. The header can display any type of question and the footer can display dates. For example, the respondent's name can be displayed in the header and the interview start date in the footer.

Example of headers and footers in use

Adding Columns

You can add multiple columns for additional information by clicking the plus + icon next to columns and providing a label for the new column, which will appear as the header. then define an expression as its value.

For details of the properties and settings, refer to widget comments in the CDL Reference Guide.