Settings
Introduction
The Administration section of Codeit offers a variety of settings and options.
This page provides a summary of these settings and a description of what each setting does.
Project Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The text name used to refer to a project. Project names must be unique within a company. |
| Description (Optional) | Can be used to store a description to help identify a project or provide clarification about the project purpose. |
| Project Code (Optional) | The Project Code can be used to store a custom identifier for a project. |
| Is Test Project | Used to flag whether a project is purely for testing purposes. Test projects are do not count towards a companies Codeit quota. |
Variable Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Name |
The text name used to refer to a variable within a project. Variable names must be unique within a project. |
| Description |
Provides a descriptive label for variables. This can be used to explain the purpose of a variable in cases where the name alone is not revealing. For example, in the case of a survey question, the Description may be used to hold the question text for the variable. |
| Codeframe | The name of a codeframe attached to a variable |
| Enforce Maximum Codes | Specifies whether there is a restriction on the number of codes that can be applied to this variable Note: this setting only applies if a codeframe is attached to the variable. |
| Maximum Codes Allowed | Specifies the maximum number of codes that can be applied to this variable. Note: this setting only applies if the "Enforce Maximum Codes" setting is switched on. |
| Show in Project Selector | Determine whether this variable can be shown on the Codeit "Select Project" page |
| Include in Export | Determines whether a variable will be included in any exports created by the "Export Data" page in Codeit |
| Multicode Export Type |
Determines whether multicoded values for a variable will be exported in a single field (concatenated) or in one field per code (expanded) |
| Multicode Export Delimiter |
Determines what delimiter should be used when concatenating multicoded values for a variable. Note: This setting only applies when the Multicode Export Type is set to "Concatenated" |
| Export Format | Determines whether coded values for this variable will be exported as code values or code labels |
| Export as Fixed Width | Specifies whether values for this variable are exported as fixed width data |
| Variable Width | Specifies a fixed width for variable values. Note: This setting only applies when the "Export as Fixed Width" setting is switched on. |
Wave Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Wave Name | The text name used to refer to a wave within a project. Wave names must be unique within each project. |
| Scheduled Start Date | The date when coding is due to start for a wave. This setting is used primarily for information and filtering purposes in the Codeit project summary landing page. |
| Scheduled End Date | The date when coding is due to end for a wave. This setting is used primarily for information and filtering purposes in the Codeit project summary landing page. |
| Allow Imports | This setting specifies whether data can be imported into the wave. Sometimes it can be useful to explicitly disable imports to prevent imports into waves that are complete or should not have new records added. The default for this setting is "Yes" (i.e. imports are allowed) Attempting to import data into a wave where imports are disallowed, will result in an error during the import process. |
| Allow Overwrites | This setting specifies whether existing data can be overwritten during the import process. The default for this setting is "No" (i.e. data cannot be overwritten) Attempting to overwrite data when overwrite is disallowed, will result in an error during the import process. For more information on this subject, see here. |
| Wave Status | This setting is used to denote the current status of a wave in the coding lifecycle. This setting restricts actions (e.g. import, coding, verify) according to the lifestage of the wave. For more information on this subject, see here. |
Task Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Task Name |
The text name used to refer to a task within a project. Task names must be unique within each project. |
| Sources | A list of source variables to use as input variables in a Task |
| Context Data |
A list of context variables to display when coding a Task |
| Targets |
A list of target variables to apply codes to when coding a Task Note: only variables with Codeframes attached can be selected as Targets |