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The table below outlines how Forsta Plus variable types are mapped to Triple-S variable types.
| System fields | |
| respid,responseid | quantity |
| rowguid | character |
| status | character |
| dates (interview_start, interview_end, last_touched, lastcomplete) | Will be split into pairs of date + time variables, e.g. interview_start (for date) and interview_start_time (for time). |
| Question types | |
| single | single |
| multi | multiple |
| open text | character |
| open text numeric | quantity |
| grid | Will be split into a set of single variables, one for each element in the answer list. |
| loop | (In 2.0 hierarchy export) single |
| multi open text | Will be split into a set of character variables, one for each element in the answer list. |
| multi numeric | Will be split into a set of quantity variables, one for each element in the answer list |
| multi ranking | Will be split into a set of quantity variables, one for each element in the answer list |
| other, specify fields | character |