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  • July 18, 2025
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I have a survey where we want to use a constant sum question where the values entered across all statements adds up to 100. The issue is that we have 400 statements that we want to include in the constant sum question. The limit for statements is 100 statements for this question type.

 

Is there any work around to split up the question into 4 separate questions, and then still have the total across all 4 questions add up to 100?

Best answer by rochak_khandelwal

Hi ​@jake_dufinetz, just curious. Since you would be having >100 statements, many of them would be zeros. Won’t it be a better idea to filter them first and then you would be having <100 statements!
I am assuming you are expecting answers as integers!

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  • July 20, 2025

Hi ​@jake_dufinetz, just curious. Since you would be having >100 statements, many of them would be zeros. Won’t it be a better idea to filter them first and then you would be having <100 statements!
I am assuming you are expecting answers as integers!


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  • July 21, 2025

Hi Rochak! Yes, I agree that would be the best option here to use OOB functionality. The team requesting this functionality does not want to go that route, but that is likely the best solution here. I’m not seeing any way to get >100 statements to constant sum in a single question without serious customization.


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@jake_dufinetz : And it would be cognitively less draining from the point of view of person filling the survey!