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Feature: Random Alphabetized Order of Selections (names)?

  • December 17, 2025
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Dynamic Starting Point for Alphabetized Order: I’m interested to discover a way to randomize names on a survey question (roughly 1-300 names) that would maintain alphabetical order while rotating the starting point for each participant as they access the survey. Specifically, I want the selection to remain in alphabetical order (A…Z), but to begin at a different letter for each respondent by randomly selecting a starting point. 

For example, if the names are as follows:

  • Alice
  • Bob
  • Charlie
  • David

One respondent might see:

  • Bob
  • Charlie
  • David
  • Alice

While another might see:

  • Charlie
  • David
  • Alice
  • Bob

We would greatly appreciate any insights, code snippets, or resources that could help us achieve this functionality using JavaScript or customized features within Qualtrics.

Thank you for your assistance!

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  • Level 4 ●●●●
  • December 18, 2025

Hi Chay,

 

Can I know in what type of question you want to implement this? multi-select, matrix….