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Grid

The Grid answer type allows Workers to enter answers in the grid with a defined column structure and a dynamic number of rows.

This feature is useful when the exact number of Answers is unknown.

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Task: "Find all events with their parameters (event name, date, time, place, cost) from news articles".

Each event corresponds to a new row; columns are named as event parameters (event name, date, time, place, cost).

The Grid Answer can be substituted with another dynamic Answer Type - Correlated Fields.

How to use

Click a cell in a corresponding column and enter the answer.

• If you need to pick a date from calendar, double click the cell.
• If the row you click is the last one, a new row will be appended automatically.
• When you hover over a cell, a tooltip with answer description is displayed.

Context Menu (right click a cell):

• insert row
• remove row
• undo / redo
• n/a - mark question as "Not available"

"Excel" functionality:

• fill cells (fill data) - select an area, then drag the bottom right corner down. As a result, the selected pattern will be copied.
  
• copy (CTRL + C), cut (CTRL + X), paste (CTRL + V)
• table navigation using arrow keys (and also Home, End, Page Up, Page Down)
• SHIFT + click (SHIFT + arrow keys) for selection

How to set up

1. Add a new Answer with Answer Type = "Grid"
   
2. (Optional) You can rotate grid (display columns as rows) by entering "vertical" into the Answer Category field.
3. Add Sub-Answers to this Answer (see the list of supported Answer Types below). These Sub-Answers will be displayed as grid column headers. Sub-Answer description will be shown as a tooltip on hover over a cell.
   

Supported sub-answers for Grid

• FREE_TEXT
• MASKED_TEXT
• NUMBER
• SELECT_ONE
• SELECT_MULTI (supported for "Answer Category = Vertical" only)
• DATE (normalized to mm/dd/yyyy)
• TIME (normalized to hh:mmtt)
• DAYSOFWEEK (normalized to 2 letters format)

Output format

The Grid Answer provides output value in JSON format and records it in one column. Grid Output example:

{  
  "grid":[  
    {  
      "event_name":"Expo",
      "date":"11/25/15",
      "place":"Wildwood",
      "cost":"100",
      "comment":""
    },
    {  
      "event_name":"Swimming",
      "date":"11/27/15",
      "place":"Tampa",
      "cost":"0",
      "comment":""
    }
  ]
}