Dynamic Survey Validator

Dynamic Survey Validator

The validator triggers after every save. 

The severity of the error will be a different colour; red means this could be a breaking change, yellow means this could cause data loss, and blue is just for information.

It will highlight the following errors;
Survey Settings
  • No default branch set if there is no branch picker 
  • Invalid Branch Number for client
  • Duplicate question ids
  • Branch picker with no branches
  • Missing questions from legacy questionnaire
  • Valid Diner ID (this will automatically fix this as the diner ID is now a hidden field) 
  • Valid Client ID (this will also automatically fix because client ID is a hidden field)
  • Valid Questionnaire ID
Question
  • Star ratings only have numbers
  • No dish questions set if there is a dish picker
  • No dish type ID is set on a menu widget 
  • Choices in a question are under 50 characters
  • Invalid question id from another questionnaire
  • Has no legacy question id set
  • Duplicate questions
  • Correct 'Save Question As comment' on comment questions
  • Choices missing from legacy question
  • Choices value different from legacy question
  • Choices text invalid from legacy question
  • Extra choices that are not in legacy
  • Duplicate questions in multichoice questions
  • Correct display type for question in legacy
  • Correct question type setup in legacy
  • Any dish question that is not related to a dish picker

Examples of highlighted Errors!
Example 1- 
Example 2- 

Example 3- 

These 3 examples show a breaking change, example 1 is an incorrect branch number, example 2 is an incompatible legacy display type (which that question type) and example 3 shows legacy question from a different questionnaire. 

Example 4

Example 4 shows that the DS version of the questionnaire has different score options than the legacy version of the questionnaire. 

Example 5-

A screenshot of a survey AI-generated content may be incorrect.

Example 5 shows missing questionIDs, this error can also show when 2 on questions on DS share the same legacy question.

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