Can I set questions to be required?

It's not possible to mark custom questions as "required" in a way where the client would have to answer them before they can move on.


We have found that there can be different reasons for why a client may not answer questions:

  • They may forget / scroll by them
  • Or they are unsure what to fill in
  • Or they just don't want to answer the question (yet)

To help you communicate the importance of answering some of the key questions it's possible to flag them as 'important'.


When a client does not answer a question flagged as "important" a visual marker and a customizable message will show up on the questionnaire menu to nudge them towards providing more information.

How to set up the 'important' questions?

Which questions can be flagged as important?

The following custom question types can be flagged as important on the questionnaire:

  • Yes / No question
  • Short text
  • Long text
  • Date
  • Number
  • High / Medium / Low
  • Radio button
  • Dropdown
  • Group of people seleect

How to flag a question as important?

When you click to edit the question on your questionnaire the option will show up:

How to customize the warning message?

This can be done from the "setup" tab of the questionnaire customization screen:

What kind of information is required in DecisionVault?

There are a number of required pieces of information that the client user is asked to provide while working through the questionnaire:


The "About You" section

The "About You" section (and the "Representative" one if present) is required to be filled before the user can move on to the other sections of the questionnaire. After filling in the base info on the client in this initial section the user can go in any order through the next sections.


Any contact added

For any contact that gets added into the questionnaire the minimum set of information is their name, relation to the client(s) and gender. This is driven by the minimum for some of our integration partners to make it possible to sync the contact over.


Financial intake

The financial intake does not have any required fields - but if the client user tries to click through it and exit it without providing any information they get a warning to nudge them towards filling in the asset intake. The text of the warning can be changed as part of the financial intake customization.


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