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How legacy metric types are migrated to sections in templates

Legacy metric types are migrated to specific sections in the assessment templates in the Smart Assessment Engine application.

How metric types are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing metric types to the section in the assessment templates.

Existing metric typeMapped to
Name (Translated text) (Max length 255)Name (Translated text) field in the Assessment Template table ((sn_smart_asmt_template) ).
Description (Translated text) (Max length 1000)Description (Translated html) field in the Assessment Template table ((sn_smart_asmt_template) ).
Table (Table Name)Table (Table Name) field in the Context Item table (sn_smart_asmt_context_item).

How metric categories are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing metric categories to the section table in the assessment templates.

Existing metric typeMapped to the Section table
Name (Translated text) (Max length 255)Name (Translated text) field.
Description (Translated text) (Max length 1000)Description (Translated text) field.
Order (Integer)Order (Order Index) field.

How metrics are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing metrics to the question table in the assessment templates.

Existing metric typeMapped to the Question table
Allow additional information (True/False)Enable justification (True/False) field.
Data type (String) (Max length 40)Based on the Data type field value, the appropriate question type reference is added to the Question table. Data type is string.
Details (Translated html) (Max length 8000)Guidance statement (Translated html) field.
Question (Translated text) (Max length 512)Label (Translated text) field.
Mandatory (True/False)Is mandatory (True/False) field
Max (Integer)Max number (Decimal) field
Min (Integer)Minimum number (Decimal) field
Order (Integer)Order (Order index)

How metric types are migrated to question types

After migration, all Question records are set as data type Text.

After migration, all Question records whose source metric is template/Numeric-scale are set with a response layout of Horizontal.

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing metric types to the question types in the assessment templates.

Existing metric typeMapped to
AttachmentAttachment
ChoiceDrop-down list
DateDate
Date/TimeDate/Time
Likert scaleRadio button
Multiple selectionCheck box
Numeric scaleRadio button
ReferenceReference
Yes/NoRadio button

How fields are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing fields to the question table in the assessment templates.

Field in the existing tableMapped to the Question table
Reference tableTable field.
ConditionFilter condition field.

How metric definitions are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing metric definitions to the choice table in the assessment templates.

Metric definition in the existing tableMapped to the Choice table
DisplayText label field in the Choice table (sn_smart_asmt_response_option)
OrderInteger data type is mapped to the Order field in the Choice table that is based on the same ascending sequence of the template-definition records in the Value field that is associated with a particular template.

How assessment metric templates are mapped

Only templates where the Allow image field is set to false are migrated. No field mapping is done for this table.

Metrics whose data type is template are migrated as questions of the type Radio button if the Allow image field is set to false at the template level.

How assessment template definitions are mapped

This tables shows the mapping used to move the existing template definitions to the choice table in the assessment templates.

Assessment template definition in the existing tableMapped to the Choice table (sn_smart_asmt_response_option)
DisplayText label field.
ValueInteger data type is mapped to the Order field in the Choice table, based on the same ascending sequence of the template-definition records in the Value field that is associated with a particular template.

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Tables installed in Smart Assessment Engine