# Skip questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [February 7, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/skip-questions/4022 "2015-02-07T12:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_Chaula](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Rebecca\_Chaula](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Rebecca_Chaula)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/skip-questions/4022/1 "2015-02-07T12:52:46Z")
am new using ODK, tried so many times to use relevance in odk build with no positive feedback, how do i set skipping pattern in my form (using odk build?) I tried to write this in relevance row: "If answer is '2' in question Q9\_Cough then jump to Q11\_Cough" when I tried to run this error occured. I need help please.... ---
**Author:** ![Angelo\_Lazzari](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@Angelo\_Lazzari](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Angelo_Lazzari)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/skip-questions/4022/2 "2015-02-07T15:48:08Z")
can you post a form example? xml or xls? Thanks Angelo > **···** > > Il giorno Sat Feb 07 2015 at 13:52:48 Rebecca Chaula \< chaularebecca@gmail.com\> ha scritto: > > > am new using ODK, tried so many times to use relevance in odk build with > > no positive feedback, > > how do i set skipping pattern in my form (using odk build?) > > > > I tried to write this in relevance row: > > "If answer is '2' in question Q9\_Cough then jump to Q11\_Cough" > > when I tried to run this error occured. > > > > I need help please.... > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Saduma](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Saduma](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Saduma)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/skip-questions/4022/3 "2015-02-09T05:30:40Z")
Hi Rebecca under relevance in Q11, write this ${var Q11}=2 where var Q11 is the variable you have used for question 11 and 2 is the value input for question 9 (2 can be an option being selected in the choices) Share your xls form if you can. > **···** > > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 3:52:46 PM UTC+3, Rebecca Chaula wrote: \> \> \> am new using ODK, tried so many times to use relevance in odk build with \> no positive feedback, \> how do i set skipping pattern in my form (using odk build?) \> \> I tried to write this in relevance row: \> "If answer is '2' in question Q9\_Cough then jump to Q11\_Cough" \> when I tried to run this error occured. \> \> \> I need help please.... \> ---
**Author:** ![Mitch\_S](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Mitch\_S](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Mitch_S)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/skip-questions/4022/4 "2015-02-09T18:11:11Z")
Hi Rebecca, Please use the opendatakit@ list for questions about using the software. This list (opendatakit-developers@) is for people writing the software. The constraint and relevance expressions are not english-language expressions. They are formulas written in the javarosa expression language. This is largely documented here: > **[Form Logic](https://docs.getodk.org/form-logic/)** > > ODK Collect supports a wide range of dynamic form behavior. This document covers how to specify this behavior in your XLSForm definition. Form logic building blocks: Variables: Variables reference ... If you write forms in Excel and use the XLSForm tool, you would express fields using the ${fieldname} syntax. If you are using Build, you would write the expressions in the form used in the underlying XML. The underlying XML syntax to refer to a field is either an absolute reference: /data/pathtofield/fieldname or a relative reference, where "." refers to the current fieldname and ".." refers to the parent of the current fieldname. The 'pathtofield' is a slash/separated list of enclosing groups and repeat groups. In general, you should avoid using an absolute reference to a field within a repeat group. The only exception is when using the indexed-repeat() function. If you have 3 fieldnames, 'q1', 'q2' and 'q3', with 'q3' being within a group 'g', then the absolute references for these are: /data/q1 /data/q2 /data/g/q3 If you wanted a constraint on the value of q2 such that it has the value 'red' if the answer to q1 is 'green' then you could write (for the constraint on q2): /data/q1 != 'green' or . = 'red' This could also be written as ../q1 != 'green' or . = 'red' If you wanted a constraint on q3 so that it did not match either of the answers for q1 or q2, you would write: . != /data/q1 and . != /data/q2 Or, using relative paths, . != ../../q1 and . != ../../q2 > **···** > > -------- Mitch > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Saduma [sirahimahs@gmail.com](mailto:sirahimahs@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi Rebecca > > under relevance in Q11, write this > > > > ${var Q11}=2 > > > > where var Q11 is the variable you have used for question 11 and 2 is the > > value input for question 9 (2 can be an option being selected in the > > choices) > > > > Share your xls form if you can. > > > > On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 3:52:46 PM UTC+3, Rebecca Chaula wrote: > > > > > am new using ODK, tried so many times to use relevance in odk build with > > > no positive feedback, > > > how do i set skipping pattern in my form (using odk build?) > > > > > > I tried to write this in relevance row: > > > "If answer is '2' in question Q9\_Cough then jump to Q11\_Cough" > > > when I tried to run this error occured. > > > > > > I need help please.... > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Developers" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:opendatakit-developers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > [mitchellsundt@gmail.com](mailto:mitchellsundt@gmail.com)