How to make conditional questions in connect?

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12-01-2022 12:01 PM
cole_KTB
New Contributor III

Hey there,

I am newer to using Xls forms with Connect to make surveys. I want to make an additional question to appear in the survey upon the user selection a certain option in a multiple choice Q. Else wise I would like for this to remain hidden. 

I came across this: if(condition, a, b) If the condition evaluates to true, returns a; otherwise, returns b.

This could probably work for my purposes, but I do not know which column to implement this code in, nor how to set a & b values appropriately. 

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to provide! 

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jcarlson
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That is the function of the relevant column. You can read more about it in this article: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-hidden-relevant-an...

Basically, on your conditional question, put an expression in the relevant column that evaluates to "true" or "false". Like selected(${question_1}, 'a').

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
cole_KTB
New Contributor III

Thanks Josh this definitely helps. 

I have an additional question to go along with this, using the ${q1}='x' conditional function in the body::visible, will this work properly with "select_multiple" questions? I would like to include this conditional Q if X is selected alone OR along with X, Y and Z etc. How would I write this expression? ${Q1} = 'X' or 'X + Y" + etc... I am not fimiliar with XLS form language. 

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cole_KTB
New Contributor III

I was able to solve this problem using the "selected()" function in the body::visible column! 

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