Populating the "Other" - Text Entry data when using Carry Forward Option | XM Community
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Recently I found out about this issue - here is an example:

  1. QID1 includes an “Other” question that has a text box.
  1. QID2 uses the carry-forward choices for QID1.  The option “Selected Choices - Entered Text” is used.
  2. If “Other” is selected in QID1, the Selected text for QID1 is displayed for QID2; HOWEVER, when you look at the data, the Other-Text Entry for QID2 is blank.

I reached out to support, and they stated that this is “intended functionality” and said that would be an excellent suggestion to submit.

 

Is there a way to populate that have that QID1 Text into the QID2 text entry option in the data, or do we only have the option of using branching and populating Embedded Data?

 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

@SARVAN Yes, Qualtrics’ carry forward choice don’t pick up text entry.

Luckily you can make your own carry forward choice by listing out all off the answer from QID1 to QID2 and set display logic for each of them base on QID1 choices. For the Other text, display if QID1-Other-TextEntry is not empty

@SARVAN,

You could populate an embedded data field (e.g., QID2otherText):

Branch: If QID2 Other Is Displayed

    Set Embedded Data: QID2otherText = ${q://QID1/ChoiceTextEntryValue/X}

Where X is the ‘Other’ choice id QID1

 

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