Browse (case) Detail

This window appears when you double-click on a case in the Case Listing. It is divided into 6 tabs: Responses, History, History Diagnostics, Details, Notes and Modification Log.

The 'Select Questions' button enables you to control which questions are displayed. The 'Close' button closes the Case Detail window. The 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons allow you to go directly to the first, previous, next , and last case in the project.

Responses tab

By default, all of the case record's questions (data) are listed vertically. You can constrain this listing to a subset of questions (see 'Select Questions' above). Any changes (edits) that you make to the data are written directly to the database.

 

Field

Description

Question

The alias of the question (variable)

Mention

When a question has multiple mentions and/or is part of a roster, an edit window pops up when you click in this field. It allows you to edit any mention in any row of the roster:

Answer

The content of the question (variable).

Open

The question's open-ended response (if applicable).

 

In this tab you can change an "Answer" by typing over it.

Note: If you change a code in the INT question, the Case Result will be updated to reflect the change. If the case has a question bearing the alias S_RES, it will be updated as well.

History tab

This tab lists every call or respondent access made on the case.

Notes: If a Call Note was taken on a call, it will be displayed in the line immediately below the details of the call. For more information about Call Notes see the Project Field Options. The note can be hidden by clicking in the collapse button to the left of its row.

Field

Description

Call Number

The sequence number identifying each line in the list.

Collect Mode

The Collect Mode of the call.

Interviewer

The interviewer's username.

Result

The call result code.

Phone

The telephone number that was dialed.

Dialed Mode

Predictive, Preview or 'blank' if not applicable.

Call Date

The date on which the call was made.

Duration

The duration of the call.

History Diagnostics tab

This tab displays the details of each call-back rule that has been applied. For an explanation of the items see Call-back Rules.

Details tab

This tab provides useful detail about the state of the case, and allows you to change the data shown in the most of the fields (PIN, Priority.

Field

Description

Phone

Edit field in which you can modify the record's telephone number. By default it displays the same phone number as in the record information area.

PIN

Edit field for the PIN number used by the respondent to access the case.

Time Zone

The case's time zone.

Language

The language selected in the LANG question. The sequence number of the language in the LANG question.

Last call

This field displays the date and time the last call was made.

Number of Calls

The number of times the record has been called or accessed by a respondent.

Active

This checkbox controls whether the case is active or inactive in the field. If unchecked, the case is not accessible for dialing. However it can be selected, if the case retrieval option of the CATI module allows it.

Cycle Phone Number

Enables or disables phone number cycling for the case.

A4S ID

The unique respondent id. in the A4S database. Applies only to projects with an A4S collection module.

Manual Dialing

This box, which cannot be edited,  is checked if the case was imported for manual dialing exclusively i.e. $MD==1

Belongs to interviewer

Edit field displaying the ownership of the case i.e. interviewer's username, group number or *** (any interviewer).

Next Interviewer

Edit field enabling the case to be assigned automatically to another specified interviewer as soon as the current interviewer synchronizes the case (CAPI).

Dialing Mode

Edit field: The Preview (dialing mode) ensures that the case can only be dispatched to an interviewer logged into a Preview or Hybrid dialing module. The Default (dialing mode) allows the case to be picked for dialing by any type of module (Hybrid, Pred, Non-Pred, Preview or otherwise).

Priority

This field shows the order of importance and urgency assigned to the call-back. There are ten possible priority levels, with 0 being the lowest level and 9 the highest. (See Call-back rules).

Call-back Date/Time

These fields allow you to modify the call-back date and time.

Note: You can take the case out of call-back state by removing its date and time.

Lift Stratum Restriction

When checked, the case can be called back even if it belongs to a closed stratum whose quota (when quotas are 'active') has not been filled.

Time Slots

This display indicates in which time slots the case has been called, and the number of hits in each time slot.

Example: If 3 calls were made in TS1, 4 calls in TS3 and 1 call in TS5, you will see 1(3),3(4),5(1)

Note: On each call the counters are updated according to the current TS definition.  So, if you change the definition, all cases called exclusively before the change will reflect the counters according to the TS definition at the time of the last call.  Counters are always updated even if no rule is applied, and no matter what 'unit' is defined in the CB rule.

If the Reset counter option is set for the time slots, the number of hits will reflect the current level only. For more information,, see Time Slots.

Time Slot Status

When Time Slots are 'Active', the case is prevented from being called during a Time Slot in which the maximum number of calls has already been reached. See Time Slots.

Belongs to strata

This list displays the strata to which the case belongs. Any stratum that is closed will be displayed in Red. For more information about strata, see Defining Strata.

 

Notes tab

Any interviewer's notes that were taken using the F5 key (or by clicking on the Notes button) can also be viewed and edited (see NOTES question in the Design module).

Field

Description

Date/Time

The Date and Time that the note was taken

Interviewer

The username of the interviewer conducting the interview

Question

The alias of the question at which the note was taken

Roster(Matrix)

The row of the roster (if applicable) at which the note was taken

Note

The text of the note (s).

Comment: Each note can be individually edited.  A text-edit window appears when you double-click on it:

 

The Print button allows you to print the notes for the current case. Each note is accompanied with the same identifiers as in the listing.

Modification Log tab

This tab displays the detail of any modifications that have been made to the status of the case either in the Browser's Details tab or the Call-backs Assignment page.

Field

Description

Filter

This set of 4 fields enables the list of modifications to the case to be filtered by date range, source (Call-backs or Browser), and the User that made the modifications.

Modified Date

The date and time that the modification was made.

Modified By

The Command Center user who made the modification.

Source

The source of the modification i.e. the Browse Details tab or Call-backs Assignment page in which the modification was made.

Property

The type of change that was made i.e Interviewer, Priority, Dialing mode etc. See the Browser Details tab and the Call-backs Assignment page.

Value

The modified value of the property (see above)

Previous Value

The value of the property before is was modified.