User Manual
Custom fields questions offer the following options:
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Property Name
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Property Description
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Question Name*
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The name of the survey question. This name doesn't appear when participants complete the survey. It appears in reports and when answers are downloaded in PDF format.
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Question Text*
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The text of the question.
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Variable
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A variable name to use when exporting the data for this question. If no variable name is specified, the question name is used when exporting data.
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Mandatory
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Indicates if this question is mandatory and must be completed by participants.
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Conditions
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The conditions that make this question mandatory. The question will be mandatory only for participants whose answers meet the specified conditions.
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Hidden
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Indicates if this question is hidden when participants complete the survey. Instead of deleting a question and loosing it's data associated, you can hide it.
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Grouped
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Indicates if this question is grouped on the same page with the proceeding question(s).
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Participant Comments
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Indicates if participants can provide comments in a comments box that appears below the question. Enable this option if you have an "Other" option and you want participants to be able to provide details.
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Comments Label
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The label to display above the comments box if comments are enabled.
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Max. Length
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The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the comments field.
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Single Line
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Indicates if a simple text field or multiline text field is displayed.
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Timeout
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The maximum number of seconds a participant has to complete the question. Once the timeout has expired, the participant will no longer be able to complete the question.
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Disable Previous
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Indicates if the "Previous" button is disabled. When activated, once a participant reaches this question in the survey, they can no longer use the previous button to change answers to previous questions.
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Require on Invite
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Indicates if the answer to this question must be provided when you invite participants using the invitation wizard.
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Write Once
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Indicates if the answer to this question becomes read only and cannot be changed once the participant clicks the "Next" button.
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* denotes a mandatory field.
All field types
All field types offer the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Type
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The type of the field (read only).
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Name*
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The name of the field
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Description
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The description of the field that appears in a tooltip.
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Show Field Name
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Inidicates if the field name is visible on screen.
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Show Field Name Above Field
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Indicates if the field name appears above the field controls instead of on the left of the controls.
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Label Vertical Alignment
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The vertical alignement of the field label on screen.
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Label Horizontal Alignment
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The horizontal alignement of the field label on screen.
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Hide in Search
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Inidicates if this field is hidden when defining search criteria.
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Display Field
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Indiciates if this field appears as a column in the participants list.
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Conditions
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The conditions that determine if this field is visible on screen. The conditions allow the display of the field based on values entered in other fields.
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Write Once
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Indicates if the value in this field can be entered only once. Once a value is present the field becomes read onle.
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Extend
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Indiciates if this field's width will take up all the remaining space available on screen in the row of fields.
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Height (px)
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The height of the field in pixels.
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Hide When No Value
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Indicates if this field is hidden when it doesn't contain a value.
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Identifier
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The unique identifier of this field (read ony).
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Width (px)
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The width of this field in pixels.
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Label Width (px)
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The width of the field's label in pixels.
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Read Only
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Indicates if this field's value is read only and cannot be changed.
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New Line
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Indicates if this field will be displayed on a new row or on the same row as the preceeding field.
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Multilingual Name
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Indicates if the field name is different in different languages. When this option is enabled, it's possible to specify the field name in each language.
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Mandatory
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Indicates if this field is mandatory.
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Mandatory (Conditions)
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Indicates the conditions when this field is mandatory. The conditions allow the field to be mandatory based on values entered in other fields.
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Require on invite
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Indicates if a value for this field must be entered when inviting participants to complete the survey by using the invitation wizard.
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Multilingual Values
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Indiciates if participants can provide a value for this field in each language of the survey.
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Validate on Survey Access
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Indicates if this field is considered when the "Validate personal information" or "Prevent Multiple Responses" options are enabled for the survey.
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Variable
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The name of the variable to use when exporting this field's values.
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* denotes a mandatory field.
Calculation
The Calculation field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Calculation Formula
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The formulat used to calculate this field's value.
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Currency Symbol
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A currency symbol to display beside the field's value.
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Decimals
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The number of decimals allowed in the value.
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Checkbox
A checkbox field allows a participant to check a box
Colour
A colour field allows the participant to select a colour using a colour picker.
Date
The Date field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Created On
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date on which it is first saved.
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Date Range
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Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end date.
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Last Saved
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date on which it was last saved.
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Date Time
The Date Time field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Created On
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date and time on which it is first saved.
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Date Time Range
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Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end date time.
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Last Saved
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the date time on which it was last saved.
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Description
A Description field allows the display of additional text on screen.
Dropdown
The Dropdown field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Multi Select
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Indicates if more than one value can be selected.
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Separated Selection
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Indiciates if the list is separated in two controls, one list of available values and one list of selected values.
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Sorted
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Indicates if values are sorted alphabetically.
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Sorted Selection
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Indicates participants can order the selected values.
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Values
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The list of values from which the participant can select
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File
A file field allows participants to upload files with their responses.
Identifier
The Identifier field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Format
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A format for the unique identifier. The following tags can be included in the format.
- [id] this tag will be replaced by the unique numeric value
- [d:yyyy-MM-dd] this tag will be replaced by the current data when the unique numeric value is generated. It's possible to change the date format, for example MM-dd-yyyy.
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Minimum number of digits
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The minimum number of digits to include in the unique identifier. If the identifier generated doesn't have a sufficient number of digits, 0s will be added as suffix.
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Prefix
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A prefix that will be placed before the unique identifier.
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Link
A link field allows a participant to enter a link towards a web page.
Multi Line Text
The Multi Line Text field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Maximum Length
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The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the field.
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Minimum Length
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The minimum number of characters that must be entered in the field.
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Number
The Number field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Currency Symbol
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A currency symbol to display beside the field's value.
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Decimals
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The number of decimals allowed in the value.
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Maximum Value
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The maximum value that can be entered in the field.
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Minimum Value
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The minimum value that must be entered in the field.
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Single Line Text
The Single Line Text field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Maximum Length
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The maximum number of characters that can be entered in the field.
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Minimum Length
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The minimum number of characters that must be entered in the field.
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Reg. Ex.
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A regular expression to validate the value entered in the field.
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Reg. Ex. Message
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The error message to display if the value entered doesn't match the regular expression.
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Time
The Time field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Created On
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the time on which it is first saved.
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Time Range
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Indiciates if participants must enter both a start and an end time.
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Last Saved
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Indicates if the field value should be read only and automatically take the value of the time on which it was last saved.
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Tree
The Tree field type offers the following properties:
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Property
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Description
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Multi Select
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Indicates if more than one value can be selected.
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Leaf Only Selection
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Indiciates if only leaf values can be selected. A leaf value is a value which doesn't have any child values.
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Show as dropdowns
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Indicates if the field is displayed as a series of dropdowns. Each dropdown displays the values for a level of the tree.
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Values
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The values of the tree.
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