Hi how do I stop people choosing an option they have previously chosen?
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Dropdown repeated answers
Best answer by john.desborough
it took a while for me to get to the drop downs but here is how you might want to consider the restriction - this is just a suggestion and there are likely more elegant solutions but ..
- Assume that the first dropdown question is question D1 (for ease of number)
- user selects a choice from D1 and goes to D2
- user selects a choice from D2 and you use logic to determine if D1 and D2 are both the same selection
- if D1 = a1 AND D2=a1, then go to a statement page that says you already chose that one, please go back and choose another (repeat logic for all other choices in the list)
- the statement page takes you back to D2
- when user has two unique choices, let them go to D3
- select choice
- If D3 =a1 AND D2=a1, then jump to another statement page that says you made a duplicate choice - go back to D3
- if D3=a1 AND D1=a1, then ditto
i created a little demo here and is the logic flow diagram for that
hope this helps
des
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Hi Liz
This is the questionnaire. It is the questions at the end where they have to choose their 5 choices.
Thank you for your help
+5Hi
From a fellow community member - are you wanting to restrict someone from completing the same TF twice or are you wanting respondents to avoid seeing both of these messages?
Vicki
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it took a while for me to get to the drop downs but here is how you might want to consider the restriction - this is just a suggestion and there are likely more elegant solutions but ..
- Assume that the first dropdown question is question D1 (for ease of number)
- user selects a choice from D1 and goes to D2
- user selects a choice from D2 and you use logic to determine if D1 and D2 are both the same selection
- if D1 = a1 AND D2=a1, then go to a statement page that says you already chose that one, please go back and choose another (repeat logic for all other choices in the list)
- the statement page takes you back to D2
- when user has two unique choices, let them go to D3
- select choice
- If D3 =a1 AND D2=a1, then jump to another statement page that says you made a duplicate choice - go back to D3
- if D3=a1 AND D1=a1, then ditto
i created a little demo here and is the logic flow diagram for that
hope this helps
des
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+5it took a while for me to get to the drop downs but here is how you might want to consider the restriction - this is just a suggestion and there are likely more elegant solutions but ..
- Assume that the first dropdown question is question D1 (for ease of number)
- user selects a choice from D1 and goes to D2
- user selects a choice from D2 and you use logic to determine if D1 and D2 are both the same selection
- if D1 = a1 AND D2=a1, then go to a statement page that says you already chose that one, please go back and choose another (repeat logic for all other choices in the list)
- the statement page takes you back to D2
- when user has two unique choices, let them go to D3
- select choice
- If D3 =a1 AND D2=a1, then jump to another statement page that says you made a duplicate choice - go back to D3
- if D3=a1 AND D1=a1, then ditto
i created a little demo here and is the logic flow diagram for that
hope this helps
des
Very logical and helpful, des! That makes complete sense. Nice job! 💪
Vicki
+5This is so helpful,
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This is so helpful,
Thanks
the logic is simple, easy enough to do but when/if you had to do for 60 items in a drop down, the repetition of the “ logic would drive me nuts during the entry lol.. how many times do you really want to put in the ‘thou shall not pass” logic??
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It would make my life if someone put this meme in their form.
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