Questions spreadsheet field list

Trait Fields

Answer

The answer to the question (if one has been entered).

Type up to 10,000 characters of text. To ensure consistency, use short names.

Answer Status

The status of the progress in answering the question.

When you enter a question, CaseMap defaults the value of this field to Unaddressed. When you start to work on the question, update its status to In Progress, and then to Answered.

Answered On

The date and time when the question was answered.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the date and time when the valued of the question's Answer Status field is changed to Answered.

Assigned To+

The name of the case user responsible for find the answer to the question.

Select from a list of case users or add a new value.

Category+

The type of element (fact, object, or issue) that the question is about or a category you have created.

If you add a question from one of CaseMap's other spreadsheets, CaseMap defaults this field to that element type. If you add a question in the Questions spreadsheet, you can select an existing category from the Category+ list or add a new one.

Due Date

The date by which the question should be answered.

Type in the due date directly or use the Date Stamper.

Linked Elements

If the question is linked to a fact, object, or issue, the field displays the linked item. Also, if objects are mentioned by short name in the Question Text field, the short names of these objects display in this field behind Objects Mentioned.

Type the short name of the issues linked to the question. You can link as many issues as you want to a single question -- just keep typing issue short names.

Linked Issues

The short names of issues linked to the question.

Type the short names of the issues linked to the question. You can link as many issues as you want to a single question -- just keep typing issue short names.

Other Staff Thoughts

Thoughts about the answer to the question added by staff members other than the individual assigned to discover the answer.

Type up to 10,000 characters of text. To ensure consistency, use short names.

Question For

The names of witnesses and other persons to whom you would like to ask the question.

Type up to 10,000 characters of text. To ensure consistency, use short names.

Related Files

Files that have been manually linked to a record in the spreadsheet. This field is only used in rare instances when it's deemed absolutely necessary to have additional files linked to a record.

Tip: Normally, the Linked File field is used to link a file to a record, especially when using the Send to CaseMap feature. Documents that have been linked into CaseMap can be linked to records in other spreadsheets by using the document short name in any description field that displays the chain-link symbol in the field title.

Read-only. Click the Ellipsis button in this field to add or remove related files.

Use with Caution: Files added to this field through the Related Files dialog box have to be individually re-linked if the files are moved. Files linked to this field will not be included in search results or reports. Related files will not be linked to other spreadsheets.

Research Notes

Note you make as you work on the answer to the question.

Type up to 10,000 characters of text. To ensure consistency, use short names.

Evaluation Fields

Criticality

An indication of how important an authority is deemed to be.

Select a value (e.g., A - Extremely Critical) from the list CaseMap provides.

Update History Fields

Creation Author

The short name of the author who authorized the question's entry.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the author's short name.

Creation Scribe

The short name of the scribe who entered the question on behalf of the author.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the scribe's short name. If an author acts as a scribe (i.e., enters the fact in CaseMap), the author's name appears in this field.

Creation Time Stamp

The date and time when the question was entered.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the date and time for you.

Last Update Author

The short name of the author who requested the last update to the question.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the author's short name for you.

Last Update Scribe

The short name of the scribe who made the last update to the question.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the scribe's short name for you. If an author acts as a scribe (i.e., enters the updates), the author's name displays in this field.

Last Update Time Stamp

The date and time when the question was last updated.

Read-only. CaseMap enters the date and time for you.