Problem with dependent question and multiple choice select

Question

I am creating a survey where participants are required to select a few multiple choice options. I have 'Other' as an answer option for the multiple choice select and created a question that is prompting the participant to 'specify other' in a text box - this question dependent upon the participant selecting 'other' in the multiple choice answer options. I noticed that the dependent text box only pops up if you select 'other' first, and if you select a few other multiple choice options and then select 'other', the text box won't pop up. Is there a workaround for this so that even if you select 'other' last, the dependent text box still pops up? Thanks 🙂

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Neal_t_k · Accepted Answer

Try this instead of your current relevancy

selected(${options_select},'Other')

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-xlsform-functions/ba-p/893567

So a select multiple forms a comma delimited list.  the selected function acts differently as it triggers if that answer is in the list. Where as the '=' I think takes either the whole list or just looks at the first selection.  The selected() function is especially useful when using select multiples.

AlfredBaldenweck · Accepted Answer

Try using contains() or selected() instead of =.

Multi-select go in as a delimited list (either commas or semicolons idr) so as soon as there's more than one value, it's no longer equal to any one of the choices you have.