• CSPro Getting Started Guide
    • Introduction
    • Installation
    • CSPro Tutorial
      • About the Tutorial
      • Exercise 1: Create a Data Entry Application
      • Exercise 2: Create the Data Dictionary
        • Step 1: The ID Item
        • Step 2: The Records
        • Step 3: Creating the Items
        • Step 4: Creating Values for the Items
      • Exercise 3: Create the Data Entry Forms
      • Exercise 4: Enter Data
      • Exercise 5: Tabulate Data
      • Exercise 6: Modify the Table
      • Exercise 7: Add Edits to the Data Entry Application
      • Exercise 8: Run a Batch Application

Step 3: Creating the Items

(Exercise 2, Create the Data Dictionary)
First, we will create the items Age, Sex, and Marital status in the Person record.
  1. Right-click on Person record on the tree, then select Add Item.
  2. Enter Age as the Item Label, then press Enter.
  3. Press Enter to accept AGE as the Item Name.
  4. Press Enter to accept the Start position.
  5. Type 2 then Enter to indicate that Age takes up two characters. This is because in our application we have chosen to enter ages only up to 99.
  6. Press Enter six times to accept the rest of the default attributes for Age.
  7. Enter the attributes for the Sex item. After you type in the label and name, you can keep pressing Enter to accept all the other default attributes.
  8. Enter the attributes for the Marital status item. After you type in the label and name, you can keep pressing Enter to accept all the other default attributes.
  9. Press Esc to finish creating the items.
Next, we will create the Type household and Type roof items in the Housing record.
  1. Right-click on Housing record, then select Add Item.
  2. Enter the attributes for the Type household item. After you type in the label and name, you can keep pressing Enter to accept all the other default attributes.
  3. Enter the attributes for the Type roof item. After you type in the label and name, you can keep pressing Enter to accept all the other default attributes.
  4. Press Esc to finish creating the items.
When you have completed this step the screen should look something like:
Continue to the next step: Step 4: Creating Values for the Items.