Custom fields – Ans

Custom fields allow you to add predefined attributes to exercises in a question bank. This keeps information consistent and easy to manage across all exercises. For example, you can create a "Difficulty" field with options like "Easy", "Medium", and "Hard", and assign a value to each exercise. Custom fields are single-select dropdown fields. Each exercise can have one value per custom field.

Create a custom field

Custom fields are created in the question bank settings. To create a custom field, follow the steps below.

Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
Select your question bank or use the search bar.
Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
Click Custom fields in the menu on the left.
Click New field in the top right corner.
Enter a title for the field (e.g. "Difficulty").
Add at least one option by typing a value in the option field (e.g. "Easy").
Click + Add option to add more options as needed.
Click Create.

The custom field is now available for all exercises in this question bank. You can create multiple custom fields per question bank.

Edit a custom field

To edit an existing custom field, follow the steps below.

Navigate to your question bank settings.
Click Custom fields in the menu on the left.
Click the edit -icon next to the custom field you want to change.
Update the field title, add new options, remove existing options, or drag options to reorder them. The order determines the column order in the exercises overview and the display order in the exercise profile.
Click Update.

error_outline Deleting an option permanently removes it from the custom field. Any options that have been set on exercises will also be deleted. This action cannot be undone.

Delete a custom field

To delete a custom field, follow the steps below.

Navigate to your question bank settings and click Custom fields in the menu on the left.
Click the delete -icon next to the custom field you want to remove.
Click Delete in the confirmation dialog.

error_outline Deleting a custom field permanently removes it from the question bank. Any values that have been set on exercises will also be deleted. This action cannot be undone.

Set custom field values on exercises

After creating custom fields, you can assign values to exercises. There are two ways to do this: from the exercises overview or from the exercise profile.

From the exercises overview

To set custom field values from the exercises overview, follow the steps below.

Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
Click folder Question banks in the menu at the top.
Select your question bank or use the search bar.
Click the extension Exercises tab.
Locate the exercise in the table.
Select a value from the dropdown in the custom field column.

The value is saved automatically when you select it. To remove a value, select the blank option ("-") from the dropdown.

If you do not see the custom field columns in the exercises table, click the tune-icon to enable them.

From the exercise profile

To set custom field values from the exercise profile, follow the steps below.

Navigate to the exercises overview in your question bank.
Click on an exercise to open its profile.
Locate the custom field dropdowns below the exercise details.
Select a value from the dropdown for each custom field.

The value is saved automatically when you select it.

Filter exercises by custom fields

You can filter and sort the exercises overview by custom field values to quickly find exercises with specific attributes.

Navigate to the exercises overview in your question bank.
Click + Filters above the exercises table.
Select the custom field you want to filter on.
Select one or more values to filter by.

The exercises table updates to show only exercises that match all selected filter values. When you filter on multiple custom fields, exercises must match at least one selected value from each field. Exercises can be sorted on custom field values by clicking on the arrow next to the custom field in the table header.

Good to know

Custom fields are defined per question bank. Each question bank has its own set of custom fields.
Each custom field is a single-select dropdown. An exercise can have one value per custom field.
Each custom field must have at least one option.
Field names must be unique within a question bank. Option names must be unique within a field.
When you copy an exercise within the same question bank, custom field values are preserved.
Custom fields can also be used to filter exercises in flow sections of blueprints.
Custom field columns in the exercises overview can be shown or hidden via the column settings. The column order matches the custom field order in the settings.