Subscriber - Xml List

Subscriber - Xml List

This type will load and bind dynamically an Xml file to a dropdownlist based on the value posted by the answer publisher its subscribing to.

Out of the box a subscriber type can be used to be be connected to an Xml - Country List type publisher to get a list of regions based on the country that has been selected. eg: if United States are selected in the Xml - Country List, the Subscriber - Xml List type will receive US and try to load the us.xml file.

This type can subscribe to any publisher but its better to subscribe to Xml bound types. To learn more about the publisher / subscriber mode we suggest watching the Publisher / Subscriber Tutorial.

Type Settings

Answer Text is the text that will be shown next to the dropdown list.
Image URL we can give an image URL (http://www.mydomain.com/myimage.gif) in order to show it instead of showing the answer text.
Type allows us to change the current type of the answer we want in our survey. Respondent answers already collected will not be deleted if we change the type.
Mandatory allows us to set if at least one selection is required. This check is done server-side.
Default Text Value allows us to set a default item in the dropdown list. It is also possible to set a default list item with a default value coming from an external source using following tags :

##yourquerystringvariablename## will set the default text with a query string variable's value.
@@yoursessionvariablename@@ will set the default text with a session variable's value.
&&yourcookievariablename&& will set the default text with a cookie variable's value.
%%servervariablename%% will set the default text with a server side variable's value.
Pipe Alias allows us to specify an alias that we can use in other questions to pipe the textbox field value. To learn about piping and pipe alias we suggest reading the Piping Introduction.
Reporting Alias is the text that can be shown instead of the answer text inside our reports.
Extended Report Filter we will be able to use directly the text answers of the respondent as a filter in the General Report Settings. To learn more about piping and extended report filters we suggest reading the Extended Filter Introduction.
Connections which publisher will be the one that sends it selected value to this type. To learn more about the publisher / subscriber mode we suggest watching the Publisher / Subscriber Tutorial.