Modernized Questionnaire Player

Questionnaire Player is a Resco component that is responsible for displaying questionnaires to users. We are preparing the second generation of the questionnaire player that overcomes some of the shortcomings of the older player and opens new integration opportunities.

Why a new generation?

Woodford dependency: The gen 1 questionnaire player requires Woodford (or, more precisely, access to a mobile app project in Woodford) in order to display. By decoupling the player from Woodford, you can go beyond Resco Mobile CRM or Power Platform/Dynamics, you can display the player almost anywhere.

Technology limitation: The first generation of the player is based on the forms used in Resco Mobile CRM. Any questionnaire changes require custom development effort for each of the affected platforms (iOS, Android, Windows, web). Gen 2 brings a modern, platform-agnostic, and future-proof technology stack and allows for much faster development cycles.

Outdated design: Given the constraints of the gen 1 player, some features were impractical to implement. For example, a frequently desired feature, nested groups, is almost impossible for gen 1.

Feature highlights

Gen 2 questionnaires bring new features. The feature list below is not complete. Also, not all features are available in the first preview.

Cover page: Previously, questionnaires had a title and optionally a logo. Now you can design a full cover page with information about the questionnaire.

Improved navigation: Thanks to a new, automatically generated table of contents, you can jump straight to the question group that’s relevant for you. There’s also a new search function that allows you to find the question you need directly.

Better descriptions: You can now use formatted text to provide clear instructions to your inspector. Edit the text in the industry-standard Markdown format.

Better questionnaire structure

Take advantage of nested groups that add hierarchy and organization to extensive questionnaires. Or organize questions into tables.

New question types

Semantic colors and global styles

Data model, answer storage, template format

Gen 2 questionnaires use only three tables:

Resco_questionnaire for templates
Resco_questionnaireanswer for answers
Resco_questionnairefolder to keep templates organized in the Questionnaire Designer

If you are familiar with the generation 1 data model, you may notice that the resco_question and resco_questiongroup tables are not listed. We’re doing away with them, even in templates; all questions are now serialized (in gen 2 templates). Do not remove resco_question and resco_questiongroup tables from your server: they are needed in the Questionnaire Designer to support gen 1 questionnaires.

If you are already using the latest gen 1 answer storage options, nothing changes. Gen 2 supports only the latest data model:

latest JSON schema (minimal JSON and flexible JSON)
Resco_questionnaireanswer as the storage table
Full template dependency

Preliminary release plan

May change without notice. Last updated: May 19, 2025.

May 23, 2025	18.2 preview 1
June 30	18.2 preview 2
July 28	18.2 preview 3
August 25	18.2 preview 4
TBD
Late 2025	GA release

Features unavailable for preview

In the early preview, some standard features are not yet available:

Data mapping
JavaScript
Localization
Tagged images
Rules (partial support is already included, full support coming later)

We will periodically release new previews. For information about new features included in preview releases, check the preview documentation for release 18.2.

Apply for limited preview

In May 2025, we are starting a limited preview (closed beta) of the gen 2 player. Reach out to us on Resco web and fill out the registration form.

Note	In the first phase, the number of previewers is limited. If you didn’t make it to the first phase of the preview, don’t worry. Another preview initiative, available to all interested parties, is planned to start in September. We will have more information about it later.

If you are selected for the limited preview, we will contact you with further information. Resco will enable the new features in your test organization. In this process, we will ask you to send us your Organization ID.