How to edit a .qes file imported from old EpiData version
Hi, I have imported a .qes file into EpiData Manager and re-saved it in the new format. The document is a questionnaire and I am trying to make updates to the fields. I have two questions... 1) Is it possible to insert a new text field in between two already established fields? 2) I've noticed that the label names no longer show up on the form; will this effect coding capabilities?
Thanks for the assistance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan E. Outbreak Management Division Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch Public Health Agency of Canada
On 2011-06-29 23:13, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:
Hi, I have imported a .qes file into EpiData Manager and re-saved it in the new format. The document is a questionnaire and I am trying to make updates to the fields. I have two questions...
- Is it possible to insert a new text field in between two already
established fields?
Yes - you can do that .
Flow of entry btw. will always go from top to bottom and to the rigth before going down if any field or section is placed to the right of a field on the same level.
A particular note is that by now the sequence of fields in the EPX file (epidata project xml file) is the same as the sequence in which they were added to the form, but this will change at some point. It makes no diffence to the flow, but when reading the file into analysis we would like to see the sequence equal to the flow.
2) I've noticed that the label names no longer show up on the form; will this effect coding capabilities?
If I understand you rigth you wish to see the value labels next to a field following entry. THis is set in the properties of a given field on the second tab page.
regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association
On a second thought I might have misunderstood the question.
Compare these strategies:
1. From rec+chk to a stata dta file and from that into a new format file a. With the current EpiData Entry export your rec+chk file to a stata file (menu data in/out) b. In the new Manager create a new project c. Add structure / or import your stata file directly into the new project d. Now all fields are imported and any value label (comment legal) in the rec/chk file will be added automatically.
2. Import rec file + chk file a. In the new Manager create a new project b. Add structure / or import your rec file into the new project c. Now you can see any value labels defined in the value label editor (alt+v) but these are not linked to the fields d. link labels to fields by pointing at one field at a time and then hitting enter, after which you can assign a value label to that field.
3. Import qes file a. In the new Manager create a new project b. Add structure based on the qes file with "paste as" to the relevant field type. this can be done if the qes file is open in an editor.
In other words what is available in the new project depends on how you created that project and added information.
regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association
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