Randomly select N non-selected options from previous questions and create a piped text

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I have a question that asks people for the industry they work in (19 options total from a dropdown). In the next question, I want to randomly choose four of the non-selected options from this previous question to separately ask questions about each of the three non-selected choices. So far, I’m trying to use javascript and embedded data to create a piped text for these non-selected choices. My steps are: In survey flow, create embedded data fields for each of the industry options: “ind1”, “ind2”, …. I set all of them to 0.  In survey flow, replace embedded data fields with 1 for selected choice.	After the Block containing the industry selection question, I create 19  Branch element where, inside each Branch, I set each industry embedded data field to 1 if a respondent selected that industry.	Add JavaScript to Randomly Select Non-Selected Options	I added the following JavaScript to randomly select three non-selected industries:	```Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {    // Define the industry options    var industries = ["ind1", "ind2", "ind3", "ind4", "ind5", "ind6", "ind7", "ind8", "ind9", "ind10",                      "ind11", "ind12", "ind13", "ind14", "ind15", "ind16", "ind17", "ind18", "ind19"];        // Get the embedded data values    var nonSelectedIndustries = industries.filter(function(industry) {        return "${e://Field/" + industry + "}" == "0";    });        // Shuffle the non-selected industries    for (var i = nonSelectedIndustries.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {        var j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));        var temp = nonSelectedIndustries[i];        nonSelectedIndustries[i] = nonSelectedIndustries[j];        nonSelectedIndustries[j] = temp;    }        // Select the first three non-selected industries    var selectedIndustries = nonSelectedIndustries.slice(0, 4);        // Save the selected industries as embedded data    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry1", selectedIndustries[0]);    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry2", selectedIndustries[1]);    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry3", selectedIndustries[2]);    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry4", selectedIndustries[3]);});```Use Piped Text for Follow-Up Questions: Use piped text to insert the randomly selected non-selected industries. For example: However, the piped text $e://Field/SelectedIndustry1 is not showing up. What am I doing wrong?

dl2860 · Accepted Answer

For those with similar issues, I figured out how to do this with some tweaks to my original approach:Set embedded data: for each of the industry options (with actual values) from the MC question as well as the 4 placeholders for the randomly selected non-selected choices:In survey flow, replace embedded data fields with 1 for selected choice. (same as above)add the following javascript to the question after the MC question:```Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {  // Define the industry options  var industries = ["ind1", "ind2", "ind3", "ind4", "ind5", "ind6", "ind7", "ind8", "ind9", "ind10",      "ind11", "ind12", "ind13", "ind14", "ind15", "ind16", "ind17", "ind18", "ind19"];   // Get the embedded data values  var nonSelectedIndustries = industries.filter(function(industry) {  //return console.log("${e://Field/" + industry + "}") !== "1";   return Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.getEmbeddedData(industry) !== "1";  });   // Shuffle the non-selected industries  for (var i = nonSelectedIndustries.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {    var j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));    var temp = nonSelectedIndustries[i];    nonSelectedIndustries[i] = nonSelectedIndustries[j];    nonSelectedIndustries[j] = temp;  }   // Select the first three non-selected industries  var selectedIndustries = nonSelectedIndustries.slice(0, 4);   // Save the selected industries as embedded data Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry1", Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.getEmbeddedData(selectedIndustries[0]));  Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry2", Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.getEmbeddedData(selectedIndustries[1]));  Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry3", Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.getEmbeddedData(selectedIndustries[2]));  Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry4", Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.getEmbeddedData(selectedIndustries[3]));  //Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry1", selectedIndustries[0]);  //Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry2", selectedIndustries[1]);  //Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry3", selectedIndustries[2]);  //Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("SelectedIndustry4", selectedIndustries[3]);});Use Piped Text for Follow-Up Questions (same as above)

omkarkewat · Answer

Hey @dl2860 this can be done without Javascript as well. Use loop and merge.STEP 1: Create a MCQ having 19 options.I have created only 6 choices just for your reference. You can increase it upto 19.STEP 2: Create a new block which will contain question(s) asked for non-selected options.Create a loop and merge setup which will be based on industry question only for non-selected choices. And at the bottom you can enter the number of times the question will be asked for a non-selected industry (which will be random and unique everytime). If I am not wrong, in your case it would ‘4’.STEP 3: Finally pipe text the loop and merge field in the required question text.END!

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