topic Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue? in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

MeganHomison — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:50:14 GMT

Hi, does anyone know if there's a way to require a question to be answered correctly in order to continue filling out a form or in order to send it? I'm thinking of a required question which would require the user to type in the correct answer to fill out or submit the form. I've searched around a bit and haven't really found what I'm looking for, but I have very limited experience creating forms in Survey123 so maybe I'm missing something. Thank you!

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

RyanUthoff — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:37:48 GMT

Is this going to be a pre-determined question/answer that will stay the same for every single survey that is submitted? Or will the answers be dynamic?

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

RyanUthoff — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:48:21 GMT

If the answers are going to be the same every time, here is what you can do. Create your question in Survey123, and then add a constraint to it. The constraint will prevent the survey from sending unless it meets the criteria of the constraint. And then you can also include a constraint message that will tell the user if the answer is not correct.

I attached a screenshot example below. For this one, there is a constraint of .="test" meaning that it will only submit the survey if the user inputs test in the question. If they enter anything else, there is a constraint message stating that. Note that for text responses, the text value needs to be in quotes in the constraint.

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

LaurenceTait — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:48:48 GMT

RyanUthoff has a good solution. I'd approach it slightly differently, by constructing a hidden group that only becomes visible when the correct answer is provided. This makes it clearer to the user what is expected.

Either solution works.

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

MeganHomison — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:58:17 GMT

Thank you! I tried this out and it works!

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

MeganHomison — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:59:21 GMT

Thank you! I like the look of this!

Re: Survey 123- Is there a way to require correct answers to continue?

PeterKnoop — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:00:21 GMT

You might find this resource on self-check quizzes to be helpful: How to add a self-check quiz into ArcGIS StoryMaps using Survey123