Cascading Select not storing Data

Hi All

Have an issue when using cascading selects. Once you get through the
selection and save the form before competing it and re-open to edit it does
not store the selections made and this data needs to be re-entered.

Is there any way to overcome this?

Bashir

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Bashir,

There's likely something wrong with the underlying values you use for
your selects. Either they aren't unique or they have special
characters or spaces.

Yaw

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Bashir Jahed bashir@radarmob.com wrote:

Hi All

Have an issue when using cascading selects. Once you get through the selection and save the form before competing it and re-open to edit it does not store the selections made and this data needs to be re-entered.

Is there any way to overcome this?

Bashir


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The most common cause is spaces in the name of the choice option.
Spaces are used to separate multiple-choice values; if you have them in the
name, when the form is re-loaded, the system is not able to split and
reconstruct your selections properly. This generally causes the values to
be lost.

A simple solution:

Make the name string be the label string with all spaces replaced with
underscores (_).

··· On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:

Bashir,

There's likely something wrong with the underlying values you use for
your selects. Either they aren't unique or they have special
characters or spaces.

Yaw

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Bashir Jahed bashir@radarmob.com wrote:

Hi All

Have an issue when using cascading selects. Once you get through the
selection and save the form before competing it and re-open to edit it does
not store the selections made and this data needs to be re-entered.

Is there any way to overcome this?

Bashir


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That was exactly it, found the workaround on the ok'd site and implemented, now works after much editing. Teach me to use spaces. Never did before but client initially insisted they wanted it readable

Bash

··· > On 27 Jun 2014, at 5:53 PM, Mitch Sundt wrote: > > The most common cause is spaces in the name of the choice option. > Spaces are used to separate multiple-choice values; if you have them in the name, when the form is re-loaded, the system is not able to split and reconstruct your selections properly. This generally causes the values to be lost. > > A simple solution: > > Make the name string be the label string with all spaces replaced with underscores (_). > > > > >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >> Bashir, >> >> There's likely something wrong with the underlying values you use for >> your selects. Either they aren't unique or they have special >> characters or spaces. >> >> Yaw >> -- >> Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server >> setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. >> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Bashir Jahed wrote: >> > >> > Hi All >> > >> > >> > >> > Have an issue when using cascading selects. Once you get through the selection and save the form before competing it and re-open to edit it does not store the selections made and this data needs to be re-entered. >> > >> > >> > >> > Is there any way to overcome this? >> > >> > >> > >> > Bashir >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > >> > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com >> > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com >> > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ODK Community" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com >> Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com >> Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ODK Community" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > mitchellsundt@gmail.com > -- > -- > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ODK Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.