Operator vs. System Controlled

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AriSilva
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Operator vs. System Controlled

Post by AriSilva »

I´m trying to play with these options. So far we were using the Operator controlled but maybe the System controlled would be better for our purposes.
The help says that the default is Operator, but I just created a new application and it came out as System Controlled.
The help says the the System does not allow not applicable values, but what I found out is that if there is a field with a special notapp, this field, at entry time, will be initialized with the notapp value (9 in my case), and I can enter a space value in it, but it will convert the space to the notapp value (9 in my case).
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Gregory Martin
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Re: Operator vs. System Controlled

Post by Gregory Martin »

If you create a new CAPI Data Entry Application, it uses system-controlled mode by default. The original Data Entry Application mode (for key-from-paper) defaults to operator-controlled mode.

You can see some key differences here:

https://www.csprousers.org/help/CSPro/o ... olled.html

In that help page, "not applicable" doesn't mean notappl but means values not allowed in the value set. So, say you have SEX (1/2), in operator-controlled mode you can enter a 3 and bypass the warnings, but system-controlled mode will never allow you to enter values that aren't in the value set (unless you change the validation method using the option here: https://www.csprousers.org/help/CSPro/c ... rties.html).
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