If user selects "none" in multiple select, prevent selection of other options

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Hi
Is there a way if i have a question with multiple answers and one of them is (none). Now is there a way if (none ) is chosen, the other choices can't be chosen. I do not want to use the constraints to just remind the person. I mean the one who chooses will not be able to put a mark on other choices

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You can skip/hide such a question using relevant if it is satisfying you.

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test.xls (42 KB)
What i meant is if you see in the excel test there is a satisfaction question. If the respondent chooses (not satisfied), then the first two choices will be unmarked automatically, so that the calculation will be correct. I mean the first question. Is there a formula for that and not a constraint because the constraint will just warn and so the calculation will not change.

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It's not possible, you can, for example, skip next question if not satisfied option is selected or calculate a value depending on that option but not unselect other options automatically. Why do you use select_multiple there and not select_one?

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test.xls (42 KB)
I think in this sheet it is clearer. I was just wondering if there is a way the respondent while selecting the available assets, he might select all of them and so the calculation will be incorrect. I mean he/she might select (tables, chairs and none) and the same time and the score will not be correct

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It will be incorrect and that's why I asked why you use select_multiple
and another question is could you give a few examples of the expected result, I mean from your calculation.

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test.xls (42.5 KB)
Here you find an example. What if the respondent chooses (none and tables and chairs). What i wanted to know if there is a formula to write to prevent him/her from selecting two contradictory things.

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I can see two options:

  1. Use constraint to force correcting an answer
  2. Or you can treat such an answer as 0 every time none is selected (no matter it's only none or none + something else)
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Hi and welcome, @Mosab_English! Please be sure to post a new topic if you have a new question. If you think a topic may be related, please link to it rather than responding to the topic.

A constraint is exactly what you want in this case. A user will not be able to save the form until a constraint is satisfied so although they could have an answer that is not valid initially, they will need to fix it before the form can be completed.

There are a few examples of constraints you can use in past forum questions including Creating contraints on select_multiple - #5 by Bill_Olander. For your example, that would be something like

if(selected(., '0'), count-selected(.)=1, count-selected(.)>=1)
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I think count-selected(.)>=1 will effectively make the question mandatory - it has to have an answer. Might this be better?

if(selected(., '0'), count-selected(.)=1, true())

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That's correct. With a 'none' option blank should probably not be allowed. What's the difference between 'none' and blank?

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If the intention is that question must be answered (ie mandatory), I'd probably do that via required='true()' - which will then be appropriately displayed in the UI (eg prefixed with '*') - rather than obfuscating it via a constraint='...' :grin:

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Would you help me in this issue.
in this test excel sheet the calculation of the assets is as following:
tables = 2
chairs = 1
none = 0

How would the formula in the calculation be if I changed the tables calculation to be = 1, which means that there will be two assets with the same calculation.
Is there a different formula that i have to use instead of the one i already used in the test sheet.test (5).xls (42.5 KB)
The calculation i am seeking is that if the respondent chooses 'chairs' the calculation will be '1' and the same for the tables and if 'none' is chosen the calculation will be '0'

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You need just to edit calculation in row 3 changing 2 to 1.

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I would address this a different way (sort-of)
I would have multiple yes/no select_one questions.
But then I would use appearance = field_list or table_list to make all the queries appear on a single page.
This gives an overall experience more like select_multiple but makes it impossible for the user to select mutually exclusive answers.

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Note, you are still going to have to create the necessary constraint and/or relevancy tests between the (3) questions. I think Mosab's proposed select-multi - table, chairs, none - is fairly intuitive, it just needs the necessary (hidden) logic in the form to ensure it behaves correctly, all of which is nicely hidden from the end-user. :slight_smile:

So this:

constraint = "if(selected(., '0'), count-selected(.)=1, true())"

will enforce the required mutual exclusivity on the multi-select. And something like

calculate = "coalesce(selected-at(${x},0),0) + coalesce(selected-at(${x},1),0)"

should handle the desired total calculation (note, due none being mutually exclusive, at most you can have 2 selected things).

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No you wouldn't - you wouldn't have a none option.
You would have multiple Yes/No choices
None would be == Clicking No on each choice
i.e
Chair Yes / No
Table Yes / No

None would not be an explicit option - but equivalent to selecting No both times.

This is

  1. Easy to programme with select_ones only
  2. Easy to lay out nicely with table list
  3. Doesn't require any complex constraints
    To me this is much easier and cleaner
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I think that the problem with this approach is that field-list appearance will not check the relevant of the yes/no question

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A post was split to a new topic: Stop more answers if "none" or "i don't know" selected