or_other with cascading selects

LeeBerryman

I currently have a long list of place names in a sequence of cascading selects.  I need to be able to use or_other as my field users tell me my list is not comprehensive.  Is this function not possible when using external choices and or cascading selects?

JamesTedrick

Hi,

Just to clarify, the or_other is being applied to the select that is being filtered, rather than the one that filters, correct?

We don't support the or_other keyword being used with cascading selects.  You can manually add an 'other' value to your list and have it appear in the appear in the select_one.  The easy way to do this is to provide the 'other' value a unique code and modify the choice statement with an or clause; i.e., 

state=${state_1} or state=1

I've attached a modified version of the Cascade Sample that illustrates this.

CascadeWithOther.xlsx