Is there a way to cap the repeats/records but also not make that cap number required to submit?

Question

I am doing bird surveys made up of 6 stops along a route. Ideally we can make it to all 6 but conditions may only allow us to get to 4 or 5 etc. The entire survey is a route and each stop is a new repeat/"record" within my survey setup and there are required questions within those stop. So you cannot hit the next arrow to start a new stop unless you have completed required fields for the first stop. I'm testing it out now and if I try to submit a survey with only the first stop filled out it won't let me and says "Record 2: this is a required question". In my excel form on Survey123 Connect, I do not have that "begin repeat" row as a required question, just the actual fields within that repeat/record have required questions. I have put 6 in the repeat count column of that row because I do not want surveyors accidently creating more than 6 records per route. I suspect this is causing my problem. Is there a way to cap the repeats/records but also not make that cap number required to submit?

clarklog · Answer

This worked. Thanks so much for the examples! I was able to copy those lines in to my excel and got it all to work the way I need

clarklog · Answer

Thank you this works!

IsmaelChivite · Answer

I agree with @JoshuaSharp-Heward

If you use the repeat_count column, you are essentially asking Survey123 to automatically add 6 records into your repeat. Since you have required questions in the repeat, the respondent must complete them all.

What @JoshuaSharp-Heward suggests gives you the option to add as few records as you want, but every record must be complete. I am attaching below an example and including an animation for clarity.

RepeatTest.xlsx