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4 years 11 months ago #183622 by PaulMRFGR
Is it possible to pre-populate array options in the following scenario:

Q1. Describe each person in your household and their relation to you
a. Person 1:
b. Person 2:
c. Person 3:
d. Person 4:

Q2. What is the age of each person?
a. [Will show Q1 = a]
b. [Will show Q1 = b]
etc

I'm aware that you can do the above in one big array question, but this won't work for the purposes of our survey.

So is it possible to use their answers from Q1 to change the Y-axis names in Q2?

Thank you.
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4 years 11 months ago #183624 by tpartner
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What are the question types? Can you attach a small sample survey (.lss file) containing only the relevant questions?

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4 years 11 months ago #183625 by PaulMRFGR
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Hi Toby,

Please see the questions attached:

Question 1:


Question 2 (Person 1, Person 2, etc in the Y-Axis should change depending on what name they gave that person in Q1)


Thank you, hope this helps.
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4 years 11 months ago #183626 by holch
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What Tony wants are not screenshots, but a LSS file that only contains the two questions that are relevant for this issue.

Recreating your questions takes considerable time, so help the helpers to help you and provide a LSS file, so they don't have to spend unnecessary time on recreating your setup in order to be able to help you.

I answer at the LimeSurvey forum in my spare time, I'm not a LimeSurvey GmbH employee.
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4 years 11 months ago #183627 by Joffm
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Use Expression Manager
{Q1_SQ001}
...


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4 years 11 months ago #183629 by PaulMRFGR
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Hi there,

Please find the LSS file attached.

Thank you.
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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #183630 by tpartner
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Yes, as Joffm suggests, but as you are using an array-texts type, something like this:

Code:
{Q1_SQ001_X001}
Code:
{Q1_SQ002_X001}
Code:
{Q1_SQ003_X001}
Code:
{Q1_SQ004_X001}
...

Sample survey attached:

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...8411.lss
File Size:33 KB

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4 years 11 months ago #183655 by PaulMRFGR
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Hi Tony,

This is great, thank you so much for helping with this. Quick additional question, but is there anyway we can make the question mandatory but not require people to fill in all rows? For example, if they only have two people in their household (e.g. them + their wife), the next question still shows all subsequent rows allowing for 10 people - which the survey requires them to fill?

Thank you.
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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #183663 by Joffm
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Well,
you can (or not) show the rows dynamically.

Enter in the subquestion relevance of
person 2 "!is_empty(Q1_SQ001)"
person 3 "!is_empty(Q1_SQ002)"
So only one empty row is displayed if the row before was filled.

The same in question "trips"
Show only rows where are data in Q1.
person 1 "!is_empty(Q1_SQ001)"
person 2 "!is_empty(Q1_SQ002)"


The oldest version I can test in is 2.06. I am not sure if the subquestion relevance is available in 2.05.

See:



Joffm

BTW:
Please overlook the layout of the trips question.
Who is able to read this?
Better to have the explanation separately. And the repeated "number of ... in a typical week" also should be separated as a general hint.

File Attachment:

File Name: limesurvey...8841.lss
File Size:35 KB

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4 years 11 months ago #183668 by PaulMRFGR
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Hi Joffm,

Thank you - just a quick question (sorry if this is a stupid thing to ask) but where do I actually set subquestion relevance?
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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #183670 by Joffm
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As I said, I am not sure if it is avauilable in your "stone age" version.

If yes, you find it here:

It's the "R"


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4 years 11 months ago #183671 by tpartner
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There is no sub-question relevance in 2.05.

A possible solution would be to use separate array questions for each "row" and show/hide them via question relevance.

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