R3190: Format of Choice XML

 

These are examples of the XML structure used to define a choice of a Select-type Data Item.

Elements and Attributes

Elements

• items: Root element of Choice
• item: Individual of Choice

Attribute

• value: Choice ID
• display: Displaying label

To include characters that need to be escaped in XML in an attribute value, write them as entity references
If unescaped characters are contained, the error "No choices" will occur when uploading to Questetra BPM Suite

• & ⇒ &
• < ⇒ &lt;
• > ⇒ &gt;
• " ⇒ &quot;
• ' ⇒ &apos;

Examples of Choice XML

Country Name

<items>
  <item value="JP" display="Japan" />
  <item value="US" display="United States" />
  <item value="UK" display="United Kingdom" />
</items>

U.S. States

<items>
  <item value="AL" display="Alabama" />
  <item value="AK" display="Alaska" />
  <item value="AZ" display="Arizona" />
  <item value="AR" display="Arkansas" />
  <item value="CA" display="California" />
  <item value="CO" display="Colorado" />
  <item value="CT" display="Connecticut " />
  <item value="DE" display="Delaware" />
  <item value="FL" display="Florida" />
  <item value="GA" display="Georgia" />
  <item value="HI" display="Hawaii" />
  <item value="ID" display="Idaho" />
  <item value="IL" display="Illinois" />
  <item value="IN" display="Indiana" />
  <item value="IA" display="Iowa" />
  <item value="KS" display="Kansas" />
  <item value="KY" display="Kentucky" />
  <item value="LA" display="Louisiana" />
  <item value="ME" display="Maine" />
  <item value="MD" display="Maryland" />
  <item value="MA" display="Massachusetts" />
  <item value="MI" display="Michigan" />
  <item value="MN" display="Minnesota" />
  <item value="MS" display="Mississippi" />
  <item value="MO" display="Missouri" />
  <item value="MT" display="Montana" />
  <item value="NE" display="Nebraska" />
  <item value="NV" display="Nevada" />
  <item value="NH" display="New Hampshire" />
  <item value="NJ" display="New Jersey" />
  <item value="NM" display="New Mexico" />
  <item value="NY" display="New York" />
  <item value="NC" display="North Carolina" />
  <item value="ND" display="North Dakota" />
  <item value="OH" display="Ohio" />
  <item value="OK" display="Oklahoma" />
  <item value="OR" display="Oregon" />
  <item value="PA" display="Pennsylvania" />
  <item value="RI" display="Rhode Island" />
  <item value="SC" display="South Carolina" />
  <item value="SD" display="South Dakota" />
  <item value="TN" display="Tennessee" />
  <item value="TX" display="Texas" />
  <item value="UT" display="Utah" />
  <item value="VT" display="Vermont" />
  <item value="VA" display="Virginia" />
  <item value="WA" display="Washington" />
  <item value="WV" display="West Virginia" />
  <item value="WI" display="Wisconsin" />
  <item value="WY" display="Wyoming" />
</items>