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Overview

A concatenation uses data from properties and fields to populate the name and description properties of objects.

User Account Requirements 

The user must have Administrator permissions in order to access the Admin Overview screen.

Related Information/Setup

Please refer to the Assessment Name and Description Concatenation Overview article for more information on using name and description concatenations.

Navigation

1. From the Home screen, click the Administration icon.

Administration Icon

2. From the Administrator Settings menu, click the Admin Overview link.

Administrator Settings Menu

3. From the Admin Overview screen, click the Assessments tile under the Data Model section.

Assessments Tile

4. From the list of assessments, click the assessment that you want to add a name or description concatenation to.

Adding a Name or Description Concatenation to an Assessment

Before you can add a name or description concatenation to an assessment:

• Ensure that the required the fields and Location properties (if applicable) have been added to the object type and appropriate configurable form. 
• Ensure the data definition you wish to use to filter the data has been created from the Data Definitions settings.

1. From the Admin: Edit Assessment screen, click the Concatenations tab.

Concatenations Tab

2. From the Concatenations tab, click either the Configure Name Concatenation or Configure Description Concatenation link.

Configure Name Concatenation and Configure Description Concatenation Links

3. From the Edit Concatenation pop-up, select a data definition from the Data Definition dropdown menu. This will determine which object types, properties, and fields are available to add as variables.

Data Definition Dropdown

4. To define the variables for your concatenation:
   • Click the Add Variable button.

     

     Add Variable Button

   • Select an object type in the data definition from the Select Object Type dropdown menu.

     

     Select Object Type Dropdown

   • Select a property or field you want to auto-populate in an object's name or description from the Available Component dropdown menu.

     

     Available Component Dropdown

   • If you selected the Created On property or date field, select a date format (e.g. YYYY-MM-DD) from the Variable Format dropdown menu. See the Time Zone Conversions on Concatenations article for more information on how this information is captured.
   • If you selected the Location property, choose an address component from the Select Address Component dropdown menu (i.e., House Number, Street, City, State, ZIP Code, or Country). 

Note:
A separate variable must be created for each address component.

• Enter a name for the variable in the Variable Name field.

Variable Name Field

5. (Optional): To display a default word or phrase in the concatenation when the variable has no data, enter that word or phrase in the Default Value field (e.g., "Null" or "None provided").

Default Value Field

• (Optional): If the variable has been created from a component on the same object type where the concatenation is saved, select the Self checkbox.

  

Self Checkbox

6. Click the Add button to save the variable.

Add Button

7. Type the variable names in the Expression field. Variables can be entered in any order, but they must be enclosed in triple curly brackets (e.g. {{{CreatedBy}}}) with no spaces or special characters within the brackets). If needed, you can include spaces and other alphanumeric characters between the variables.

Expression Field

8. Click the Save Expression button.

Save Expression Button