
When the County is selected, the drop-down field for Hospital is filtered so only the hospitals located in the selected county are offered. In the example described below, the drop-down field for State, filters the drop-down field for County so the County field only shows those counties that exist in the selected State.
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To test the code table, open the Enter tool and verify that both fields populate based on the drop-down list selection.Ĭascading Drop-Down fields are two or more Codes, Legal Value, or Comment Legal fields linked together in such a way as to filter each subsequent field based on the value selected in prior fields.Click OK to close the Field Definition dialog box and place the fields in the form.Select a table from the drop-down list.įor information on other attributes that may be available, see the topic on Field Attributes.Click Create New from Existing (takes a copy of the selected table, changes to the original table will not affect the new table) or Use Existing (establishes a connection between the selected table and the new table, any changes made to the original table will modify the new table).Existing tables can also be used to create code tables.Click OK to accept the codes for each field.


Field names cannot be changed after data collection starts. Note: It is best to simplify the field name at this time. To select multiple fields, hold down the CTRL key and click each field. Select the field(s) to be linked from the Select field(s) to be linked section.Note: To work with the Epi Info Web Survey or Cloud Data Capture environments, field names must be all lower case. Field names cannot start with a number or contain any spaces or non-alphanumeric characters (except the underscore character “_” is permitted). The field name is used for data validation in Check Code and when doing analyses. Epi Info automatically suggests a field name based on the Question or Prompt, however, it is very important that field names be short, intuitive, and usable. Click in the Field Name text box or press the tab key.

The text entered in this field will display on the canvas and prompt the user to enter a response.

A Codes field designates the available options on a form based on the user’s response to a question.
