If your project is is Production and you would like to add some options to a drop-down list, here are some things to remember:
- Never change the number that is assigned to the existing options. This will cause data to be lost. For instance, if you had the following drop-down list or radio buttons:
- I have lots of data entered, but just realized I wanted to add "Good" as a choice on this drop-down list. I can number them one of the following ways:
or
Whatever I do, I cannot change the option number. For instance, I cannot make "3=Good" and "4=Great". This would cause all current answers as "Great" to be changed to "Good"