What Is an Answer Tag
An answer tag is a tag that is specifically used in a work instruction step that includes a product check. With an answer tag, an admin can easily see all of the answers given by an operator (and its supporting details) when they are executing a work instruction.
Note: Before following the steps below, you must first link a docx report to an article category.
Types of Answer Tags
Here’s the list of basic answer tags that you can use in a docx report:
- {user}: The name of the operator that executed the work instruction.
- {instruction}: The name of the instruction step.
- {label}: The (formatted) answer that was given by an operator on the instruction step.
- {answer}: The (unformatted) answer that was given by the operator on the instruction step. We recommend you to use the {label} answer tag instead, as the generated answer on the docx report is more readable.
- {timestamp}: The timestamp of the instruction step’s execution.
- {date}: The date of the instruction step’s execution.
- {workinstructionName}: The name of the work instruction.
All answer tag formulas within a docx report table must begin with {#answers} and end with {/answers}. All other answer tags must be written in between {#answers} and {/answers}, as shown below:
Note: These answer tags will automatically loop into the cells under them (as long as these cells still belong to the same table). Thus, you only need to write the answer tags once, on the first row of the table.
Example
For example, these are the answer tags that we included in our docx report (located within the green box):
And this is how it will appear on the docx report (see how to download a docx report):
Using Checklists and Crosses to Symbolize True or False Answers
Besides text-based answers shown above, you can also use a checklist symbol to represent a positive answer and a cross symbol to represent a negative answer on your docx report. However, this functionality only works with the OK/NOK check and the Yes/No check.
To do this, on the “Answer” column, instead of writing {answer}, you should write {#answer}✓{/answer}{^answer}✕{/answer} instead. Take a look at the example below:
Example
And this is how it will appear on the docx report (see how to download a docx report):
How to Split a Docx Report Into Multiple Tables
In the examples above, we only used one table in the docx report. However, you can also create multiple tables on a single docx report. This functionality can be useful if you intend to include multiple work instructions on a single docx report.
Creating multiple tables is a very simple task. You only need to create the tables, and populate them with the desired answer tags, like the examples shown earlier on this webpage.
However, there’s one additional step:
- Above each table, you should write {#workinstructions} and below each table, you should write {/workinstructions}.
Example
And this is how it will appear on the docx report (click on the image to enlarge; see how to download a docx report):