How to Create Dependent Fields on a Form in Assurance

Dependent fields are a feature in Assurance that allows you to have sections, tables, or other fields being dependent on a particular answer selected in a Single Select, a Multi Select or a Hierarchy field. The dependent fields, sections or tables will not appear until the required answer is selected.

In this article, you will learn about:

• Dependent Field Rules
• Setting up Dependent Fields
• Removing Dependent Fields
• Making a Section Dependent on the Answer to a Field
• Setting the Visibility of Dependent Fields
• Making Dependent Fields Mandatory
• Unselecting an Answer That Has Dependent Fields

Dependent Field Rules

• Single Select, Multi Select and Hierarchy fields can have answers with dependent fields.
• Lookup enabled fields cannot have answers with dependent fields.
• Fields in tables cannot have answers with dependent fields.
• Dependent sections, tables and fields must always be below the field that created the dependency.

Setting up Dependent Fields

1. Go to the field whose answers you would like to set up dependencies for and click on the field
2. Scroll down until you see the answers and select the Dependent button to the right of an answer
3. Click into the white space that appears and type in the name of the field you want to be dependent on the answer to this field
4. Click into the field that appears and select the blue tick button

Removing Dependent Fields

You can remove dependent fields by clicking on the black dependent button and selecting the x on the field and the tick to accept the change.

Making a Section Dependent on the Answer to a Field

The same steps as above are followed. The difference being, all fields that come under the section are dependent, when the section name is made dependent.

Setting the Visibility of Dependent Fields

Assurance allows you to set the visibility of dependent fields. However, one or more of the parent fields must be visible for dependent fields to be visible. If all the parent fields are hidden in a stage, the dependent fields will also be hidden.

Making Dependent Fields Mandatory

Dependent fields can be mandatory, the mandatory setting is enabled if the dependent field is visible. If it is not visible, it will not be mandatory.

Unselecting an Answer That Has Dependent Fields

Sometimes a user may unselect or change an answer that had dependent fields associated with it. When the new answer is saved any information that was in the previous answer's dependent fields will be removed.