I am working in xlsform and I want to display all the options selected in a
select multiple question in another part of the survey, but when I
use jr:choice-name(${Procedure}, '${Procedure}') where Procedure refers to
a select_multiple question and then use a note to return ${calculate_1}
where calculate_1 is the jr: code line, I can only get one choice to
appear. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Elizabeth,
jr:choice-name() expects to be given one selection only. You'll need to
manually call selected-at() to get each choice, pass that to
jr:choice-name() (as the first parameter), and then concatenate that with
another. For example:
concat(jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 0), '${Procedure}'), ', ',
jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 0), '${Procedure}'))
That would concatenate the labels of the first two choices together, with a
", " between them. That's a bit tedious, of course, and doesn't look great
if only one option is selected. There are more advanced techniques you
could use with repeat groups: you could pull each selection into a repeat
instance, then use join() to pull them all together; but that's a more
advanced maneuver.
Best,
Chris
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM Elizabeth L. elizabeth.m.ludwig@gmail.com wrote:
I am working in xlsform and I want to display all the options selected in
a select multiple question in another part of the survey, but when I
use jr:choice-name(${Procedure}, '${Procedure}') where Procedure refers to
a select_multiple question and then use a note to return ${calculate_1}
where calculate_1 is the jr: code line, I can only get one choice to
appear. Any thoughts?Thanks,
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Does the concat statement go in the calculation column in survey ? I am
getting an error message when I add it there.
If, say, I have 8 choices that I want to have the option of drawing on all
of them, would it then be
or concat(jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 1), '${Procedure}'), ',
', jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 1), '${Procedure}')) ? and
through 8? in the same calculation column
Thank you for your help
Elizabeth,
I think that I missed a close paren at the end of the statement, which may
explain the error. Try adding one to the end, and also try to see if all of
the open parens are closed. (And yes, I expect that you'll put this in the
"calculation" column -- though it will depend a bit on what you're trying
to do.)
Best,
Chris
Does the concat statement go in the calculation column in survey ? I am
getting an error message when I add it there.If, say, I have 8 choices that I want to have the option of drawing on all
of them, would it then be
or concat(jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 1), '${Procedure}'), ',
', jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 1), '${Procedure}')) ? and
through 8? in the same calculation columnThank you for your help
On Saturday, 25 July 2015 11:30:02 UTC-4, Christopher Robert wrote:
Elizabeth,
jr:choice-name() expects to be given one selection only. You'll need to
manually call selected-at() to get each choice, pass that to
jr:choice-name() (as the first parameter), and then concatenate that with
another. For example:concat(jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 0), '${Procedure}'), ',
', jr:choice-name(selected-at(${Procedure}, 0), '${Procedure}'))That would concatenate the labels of the first two choices together, with
a ", " between them. That's a bit tedious, of course, and doesn't look
great if only one option is selected. There are more advanced techniques
you could use with repeat groups: you could pull each selection into a
repeat instance, then use join() to pull them all together; but that's a
more advanced maneuver.Best,
Chris
Christopher Robert
Dobility, Inc. (SurveyCTO)
http://www.surveycto.com/
http://blog.surveycto.com/On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM Elizabeth L. elizabeth...@gmail.com wrote:
I am working in xlsform and I want to display all the options selected in
a select multiple question in another part of the survey, but when I
use jr:choice-name(${Procedure}, '${Procedure}') where Procedure refers to
a select_multiple question and then use a note to return ${calculate_1}
where calculate_1 is the jr: code line, I can only get one choice to
appear. Any thoughts?Thanks,
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Hi Chris, @crobert
Is there any chance you could elaborate on the more elegant version to this solution with regards to using repeat groups and then pulling each section into a repeat instance and then using join() to pull it all together?
Best wishes,
SY
Hi SY,
There's not much to it, really: if you had a repeated calculate field named "choicelabel", then you could just join them all together into a comma-separated list with something like:
join(', ', ${choicelabel})
See more on the join() function here.
For more on moving between a select_multiple field and a repeat group, you can also see this sample on asking follow-up questions for selected options.
Best,
Chris