Response columns can be used within tables to indicate compliance by marking one column with an output. They can be used in conjunction with regular responses and dropdowns. When selected, AutoRFP.ai will take all the information associated with a requirement, including all of the column options and their criteria for selection, and pass it along to our response engine to intelligently choose the appropriate response based on your organization’s content.

Upon exporting a project, the chosen columns option’s value will be placed inside the marked table cell, similarly to regular responses.

Highlight the columns within the row to bring up the option to mark the columns:

AutoRFP.ai will detect the table headings and automatically populate them as the potential options:

To configure these columns, click on any of the cell(s) and hit the edit button:

Here you can configure the options and the output values. The output value is what will be placed in the table cell upon project export into the original file format.

From this menu you can also further customise these options, including:

See our article on Advanced Configuration for further horizontal compliance capabilities.