NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
key

The key of the newly created Question.

integer

Required
codebookKey

The key of the Codebook for the Question. If you did not specify a codebook key in the request, this is the key of a newly created empty Codebook.

integer

Required
id

The ID of the new Question.

string

Required
tasks

A string containing these characters, the presence of which specifies a task assigned to the Question:

  • c: Code this Question
  • x: Crosstab this Question
  • b: Transcribe this Question
  • t: Translate this Question

 string

Required
type

A one-character string which specifies the type of Question:

  • c: Closed
  • d: Data
  • o: Open
  • s: Other/Specify
  • c: Value

 string

Required
label

The label of the new Question.

string

Required
text

The text of the new Question. This is the question posed to the respondent.

string

Required
help

The help information for the Question, which may be empty.

 string

None.
sortOrder

Ordinal number of the Question. It uses for sorting questions in list, tables, so on.

integer

None.
codingSource

A one-character string which specifies the coding source of Question:

  • v: Verbatim
  • b: Transription
  • t: Translation

 string

None.
alternativeCodingSource

A one-character string which specifies the alternative coding source of Question:

  • v: Verbatim
  • b: Transription
  • t: Translation

 string

None.
assignedToUserKeys

An array of the keys of the Users assigned to work on this Question, which may be empty.

Collection of integer

Required
errors

If null the request was processed without error. If not null errors occurred while processing the request. The array contains the error messages.

Collection of string

None.