Calculate type and required (true)

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**1. What is the issue?
Can there be any reason to set a calculate type question to required = true (or = yes)? Does this change anything?
If there is any effect, I would propose to add it in the documentation, please

3. What have you tried to fix the issue?
I think to remember a related hint sometimes in a posting of @LN, but could not find one.

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Hello @wroos

Setting a calculate-type question to "required = true" or "required = yes" doesn't have a practical effect.

The calculation will still occur whether the question is required or not. The "required" attribute typically applies to input questions, ensuring respondents provide a response. For calculate-type questions, it's redundant to set them as required since they don't rely on user input.

Thanks

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Am just wondering on another note, what about if you set the calculate questions to be skipped. What happens? Will the calculate be evaluated? and will the data be submitted? I feel this is the area that needs proper documentation.

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You can find related hints with the search function of this forum, please, and in the documentation: