Conditional Repeat appearance

[GaryBowles1]

I have a select_one question that returns Yes or No. I No is returned, i want my repeat that follows to have minimal appearance. If Yes is selected, I want the appearance field for the repeat to be empty forcing the user to enter a record in the repeat.

I have tried the following in the appearance field - if(selected(${leak_detect}, 'No'), 'minimal','')

I have tried that formula in a calculate question and then used the ${calc_field} in the appearance field

No luck with either.

My question is, can I make the appearance of a repeat be conditional based on the answer of a previous question?

Thanks,

--gary

[Anonymous User · Accepted solution]

Hi @GaryBowles1,

No, this is not possible. The appearance column does not support expressions. There is no way to conditionally apply different appearances to the same question, repeat or group.

The only way you could achieve this to have two different repeats (different related tables) that have a different appearance, and then you make either one relevant based on the yes/no answer. But that would mean the data for those questions is stored in two different layers with different field names.

Regards,

Phil.

[GaryBowles1]

Phil,

Thanks for the info. Is this something that is in the roadmap for S123? 

--gary

[Anonymous User]

Hi @GaryBowles1,

Not currently, given as per the XLSForm specification, the appearance column does not support expressions. If this changes in the XLSForm specification in the future, it could be supported in both field app and web app.

Regards,

Phil.