Configure a Standalone Custom Question in S1M

Configure S1M to support the Question Title (Configurable Free Text Question) or Configurable multiple choice question Author Portal additional information questions when those are configured to not be included as part of the Submission Summary in ScholarOne.

Before you begin

You must have access to the S1M Configuration Center to perform this task.

Procedure

  1. In S1M, click Support > Configuration Center.
  2. Click Configure This Site.
  3. Click step 6, Custom Questions.
  4. Click Advanced View.
  5. Optionally create a new detail group.
    Alternatively, you can use an existing detail group if an appropriate one has already been created.

    In either case, when you later configure the corresponding Author Portal additional information question, you will need to provide the detail group name in Author Portal exactly as it appears in ScholarOne.

  6. In the Detail Group Properties table, click Add Questions in the row for the required detail group.
    A new window will open.
  7. In the new window, under Add Question & Answers, do the following:
    Note: For completeness, the example below covers all the required steps for adding both a free text and a multiple choice question to the detail group. If you need to add only one of the two, omit the steps that do not apply to your use case. Additionally, regarding the question layout, it is not required that you exactly follow the steps in the example if a different layout better suits your needs.
    1. Add a label for the detail group:
      • In the Question Name field, enter {detail group} label, where {detail group} is the name of the detail group where the question(s) will be added.
      • In the Question Text field, enter {detail group}, again substituting {detail group} with the required detail group name.
      • Select Label as the Answer Type.
      • Make sure that the Answer required box is not checked.
      • Click Save.
    2. Add a label for a free text question:
      • In the Question Name field, enter {question name} label, where {question name} is the name of the free text question.
      • In the Question Text field, enter {question name}, again substituting {question name} with the required free text question name.
      • Select Label as the Answer Type.
      • Make sure that the Answer required box is not checked.
      • Click Save.
    3. Add a free text question:
      • In the Question Name field, enter {question name}.
      • In the Question Text field, enter the question prompt you want to display to the author.
      • Select Textarea as the Answer Type.
      • Make sure that the Answer required box is not checked.

      In the Answers section, in the first row, do the following:

      • Set Order to 1.
      • Set Answer Name to text.
      • Set External Id to a meaningful value, for example, REX-CQ-FT-01x.
        Note: When configuring the corresponding question in Author Portal, you must enter this value exactly as it appears in ScholarOne.
      • Make sure the Active box is checked.
      • Click Save.
    4. Add a label for the multiple choice question:
      • In the Question Name field, enter {question name} label, where {question name} is the name of the multiple choice question.
      • In the Question Text field, enter {question name}, again substituting {question name} with the required multiple choice question name.
      • Select Label as the Answer Type.
      • Make sure that the Answer required box is not checked.
      • Click Save.
    5. Add the multiple choice question:
      • In the Question Name field, enter {question name}.
      • In the Question Text field, enter the question prompt you want to display to the author.
      • Select Radio Buttons or Select... as the Answer Type.
      • Make sure that the Answer required box is not checked.

      In the Answers section, do the following:

      • Use one row for each possible answer.
      • In each answer row:
        • Optionally, if you want to specify the answer as the default one to the question, click the radio button in the Default column.
        • Set Order to 0.
        • Set Answer Name to a meaningful name for the answer. For example, Option 1, Option 2, and so on.
        • Set Answer Text to the actual answer that the author can select.
        • Set External Id to a meaningful value, for example, REX-CQ-S-01x, REX-CQ-S-02x, and so on.
          Note: Each possible answer must have a unique external ID. When configuring the corresponding question in Author Portal, you must enter this value exactly as it appears in ScholarOne.
        • Make sure the Active box is checked.
      • Click Save.
    6. Click Close Window.
  8. From the Custom Questions page, click the button in the Configure Layout column for the detail group that contains the standalone custom question(s).
    A new window will open.
  9. In the new window, do the following:
    • Set Number Rows: to the number of rows you need in the question layout.

      In this example, the field will be set to 5: three rows for the labels (detail group, free text question, multiple choice question), and two for the actual questions (free text, multiple choice).

    • Set Number Columns to 1.
    • Click Create Table.
    • In the resulting table, in the Table border: field, click on.
    • Click the cell properties icon for Cell 1.
    • Configure the cells as follows:
    • The resulting table configuration will look as follows:
    • If you click Preview as new UI, the resulting UI should look as follows:
    • When you have completed configuring the layout, click the Save icon.
    • Close the Configure Layout window.

What to do next

Configure the corresponding additional information question(s) in Author Portal, referencing the detail group name and custom question external ID(s) exactly as they appear in ScholarOne. For example, assuming you have created a detail group named Custom Detail Group, which contains two questions, one free text question with an external ID of REX-CQ-FT-01x, and one multiple choice question with two options, where the option external IDs are REX-CQ-S-01x and REX-CQ-S-02x, the Author Portal configuration will look as follows:
  • The free text question:
  • The multiple choice question: