Any limit on number of choice items

Question

Hello all,

I am working on field sampling survey on species, and it looks like there will be a few hundreds choice options for some select_one questions. I expect the lengthy choice lists may slowdown the loading speed of the survey, but not sure if there is actually any limit on the number of choices.

Also is there any way to connect database table to pull out the possible choice list rather than add each item on choices sheet?

Cheers,

JayH · Answer

Hello Brady, I will take a look at pulldata function. Thanks.

Cheers,

JayH · Answer

Hi Doug, thank you for sharing your experience! I will try the external choices.

Cheers,

dougbrowning · Answer

Use external choices for sure.  Also try to narrow it down if you can (like woody vs herbaceous).

I have 5,000 species in one list and it works.  My real issue is I have it 13 times in the form.  That for sure gets slow.

IPad it loads in under 5 seconds but Android it is pushing 22 seconds to load!