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I've read through the first 10 pages of search results on progress bar questions, but couldn't find a problem identical to mine...and therefore no solution either...
In brief, my survey is formed of 3 Blocks, each with between 10 and 15 questions. In my contact list I have embedded data which shows which identifies which products a client receives (A, B and/or C) and therefore which blocks they should respond to. A client can therefore be invited to rate 1, 2 or all 3 of the products in questions. I'm using branches to determine which client sees which block(s) based on embedded data.
It looks something like this:

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Branch If Field A = A, show block A
Then Branch if Field B and Field C are empty, go to the end of the survey.
Then Branch if Field B = B, show block B
Then Branch if Field C is empty, go to the end of the survey.
Then Branch if Field = C, show block C
End of Survey.
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Obviously it's also possible that A is Empty and B is not, which case it Branches directly to Block B and then checks if C is empty to determine whether to go to block C or the end of survey
And so on (e.g. A + C are also possible, or only C)....

My issue is that I can't find a way to customise the progress bar so that it reflects only the pathway that I am on (i.e. if A and B are empty and the client is only shown C, then progress should be shown based only on questions in block C). I see options to add script to the actual question, but as the questions within a block can be shown once as the only block and once as the 3rd block of 3, I don't think that is a suitable option.

Is there a solution to this problem at all, or would literally the only way be to add a descriptive text element for each branch item?
Thanks for you help, and sorry if this is a stupid question!
Linz


It's not a stupid question. In fact so many people have the same doubt that they had to mention it on the support page of branches/progress bar.
Progress bar doesn't work with branches/loop and merge.


ahmedA Thank you for the feedback. Hopefully it will be something which they will consider adding in future...


I have the same issue with the process bar as well. Not sure what to do with the process bar after using the branch to screen participants. Are there any updates from the Qualtrics developers?


You could try this: https://demo.survey-awesome.com/block-progress-bar


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