Engati - User Guide
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Nodes
Data Input Node
Request User Data
3min
request user data allows you to collect data from the user you can specify the type of data you want to collect, such as text, number, or date you can also specify the prompt that will be displayed to the user the request user data feature can be used in a variety of ways here are a few examples you can use it to collect contact information from users you can use it to collect feedback from users you can use it to conduct surveys how to use? how to use? adding a request user data node is simple, just follow the steps below step 1 in the builder , click "+add node" step 2 select the request user data node under data input step 3 fill in fields like the question to ask, validation rules, etc type select the type of data you want to collect the options are standard allows you to capture user input as an “attribute” entity helps capture the user input as an “entity” user prompt this is the text that will be displayed to the user you can use this text to instruct the user on what data to enter validation type this field allows you to specify the validation rules for the data that is entered the options are text used to valid for all input password used to take password inputs number used to validate numeric input only location allows you to store the shared information in form of longitude and latitude nps(1 10) allows the user to choose a number in the net promoter score of 1 to 10 nps(1 5) allows the user to choose a number in the net promoter score of 1 to 5 nps(1 3) allows the user to choose a number in the net promoter score of 1 to 3 email used to check if user input is a valid email address mobile used to check if the user input is a valid phone number date used to validate if the user input is a valid date it can also be set up to accept a date from a date picker regex \ allows you to store the set the validation type of the attribute into any regex format of your choice attribute name this field allows you to specify the name of the attribute that will be used to store the data enable skip this option allows you to specify whether the user can skip this field step 4 click "save" when done configuring the request user data feature is a powerful tool that can be used to collect data from users it is easy to use and can be customized to meet your specific needs the request user data node enables simple and flexible data collection in just a few clicks! if you face any issues or queries please reach out to us at support\@engati com