https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649897#M64129 <P>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 <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:43:06 GMT JessDavis 2025-09-11T20:43:06Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649897#M64129 <P>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 <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:43:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649897#M64129 JessDavis 2025-09-11T20:43:06Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649900#M64131 <P><SPAN>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&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:44:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649900#M64131 JessDavis 2025-09-11T20:44:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649907#M64132 <P>Try this instead of your current relevancy</P><P>selected(${options_select},'Other')</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-xlsform-functions/ba-p/893567" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-xlsform-functions/ba-p/893567</A></P><P>So a select multiple forms a comma delimited list.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The selected() function is especially useful when using select multiples.</P> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:26:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649907#M64132 Neal_t_k 2025-09-11T21:26:18Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649910#M64130 <P>Try using contains() or selected() instead of =.</P><P>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.</P> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:09:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1649910#M64130 AlfredBaldenweck 2025-09-11T21:09:15Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1650134#M64143 <P>Thank you so much! This worked for me.</P> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:11:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-questions/problem-with-dependent-question-and-multiple/m-p/1650134#M64143 JessDavis 2025-09-12T17:11:20Z