Setting Blocks

After you’ve added and ordered the items on a form, you must organize them into blocks. You may want to use blocks to define item roles or sessions.

You can set blocks for the currently selected form, which will typically be the only form in the workspace. When a form cannot be divided into the blocks specified (for example, when it contains too few items), selecting it will cause an error symbol Error symbol to display on the Form Blocking tab. The blocks will not be editable until the correct form is selected.

You must create the blocks in sequential order.

  1. Select the Form Blocking tab.

  2. Click Edit Form Blocks.

  3. Click Add Block.

  4. Enter a block label that is specific enough to differentiate between blocks. Block labels are used downstream by the Configuration team.

  5. If necessary, enter a block start value. When you create your first block, the start value is always 1 and the block contains all the items.

    The start value indicates the first of the items that will appear in the block. The number of items appears in the Block Item Count column. When you create subsequent blocks, the previous blocks have their item lists cut off before the subsequent blocks’ start values. For example, if your first block initially has six items and you set the second block’s start value to 3, the first block will automatically be trimmed down to two items.

    The Review Levels column lists the review levels of all the items in the block.

  1. From the Used for Operational Scoring dropdown list, select Yes or No.

  2. From the Role dropdown list, select the block’s role, for example, Operational Test or Field Test.

  3. Optional: In the Omit From column, click in the field and select options from the dropdown list that appears. Depending on the options you select, the items in the block will not be automatically compared against the blueprint or constraints. You can remove options by deselecting them from the dropdown list.

  4. Click Save. Note that you will not be able to edit certain fields after saving.

  5. Optional: Repeat steps 2–9 to create more blocks.

  1. Optional: Click Edit Form Blocks to edit your existing blocks as described above.

  2. Optional: Click Remove to remove a block. The first block you created cannot be removed.

In the Form Assembly tab, the form’s item table includes the Block # column, indicating what block each item belongs to.