When answering questions

The DSW tool has some functionality that can be good to know about, to be used before and while answering questions.

Tool orientation

  • The menu on the left-hand margin is the top-level menu of the tool, with how-to-use links and where you can find all your projects

  • In the top of the page, there is a navigation bar with tabs that allows you to shift between different views of the current project

    • Questionnaire is where you answer the questions
    • Metrics show statistics of questions answered
    • Preview display the output document
    • Documents is where you create and download output document
    • Settings is where you select format for the output document

  • Directly under the navigation bar is a feature bar with:

    • View show or hide tags, phases, and/or authors under questions
    • Comments show or hide comments
    • TODOs show questions in need for actions
    • Version history browse history
    • Zen mode show or hide left menu and navigation bar

    Note: This guide will only go through the TODO and Comment functionalities, for a guide on the other features please see Useful tips and tricks

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  • Next to the left-hand menu, there is a Phase & Chapters overview, where you can change phase and see how many questions that needs to be answered. By clicking on one of the chapters you will reach that part of the DMP.

About phases and answering questions

The DSW provides a filtering feature that allows you to see questions relevant only to a particular phase of a research project.

  • The most active phase, with the most questions to answer, is Before Submitting the DMP
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  • The answers will be saved automatically.
  • Under most of the questions you will find guidance or advice on how to answer or what to consider.
  • For some questions you may provide more than one answer. If you want to add a new answer click the Add button at the end of your last answer. Note: When doing so, you might need to scroll up in order to get to the first field to be filled.
  • Your DMP is ready to be filled. Answer the questions in red (these are the questions that should be answered during the selected phase, questions which belong to other phases are in black).

Note

Notice that once a question has been answered, it becomes green. When all questions in a chapter has been answered, this chapter becomes ticked in the Chapters overview, instead of showing the number of questions that should be answered.

Add a TODO

The tool has a TODO function, which lets you mark questions where an action is necessary.

Example

  • Click on I. Overview in the Chapters overview menu and look at the question 1 Contributors
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  • Hover on the + sign next to this question, and then click on the appearing + Add TODO.
  • Notice that you now have 1 TODOs in the feature bar in the top of the page. If you click on it you will see a list to the right, with the question(s) which need an action. The list is linked, so clicking on one of the items in the list will lead you directly to it. Note: To remove the list view, click on TODOs in the bar again.
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  • To remove a TODO, just click on the yellow TODO X to the right of the question.
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Add comment

It is possible to add comments by clicking on the bubble icon next to a question, adding a comment and then click on the Comment button.

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As in other tools, where adding comments are possible, one can reply, mark as solved, or delete.

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