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  • April 16, 2026
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Hi everyone!

 

I have x3 questions:

Q1. Name of Coordinator (Text)

Q2. Is the Coordinator the same person as the Supervisor? (Yes/No)

Q3. Name of Supervisor (Text)

 

Plan:

Q3 should not be shown if the coordinator and supervisor are the same person (i.e. answer is YES).

I have successfully used both display logic and survey flow to exclude it.

What I am missing is for Q3 to be autofilled, with the answer from Q1, when skipped, so that the data is there when exported in excel.

 

My survey is a bit longer than the above (multiple queries linked to the Coordinator and the Supervisor’s contact details etc) but the principle stays the same.

 

I cannot figure it out based on previous answer on this forum, sorry!

Mirko

Best answer by kgillis

Does the question need to be hidden? Could it show the value already in there from Q1 for those who selected “yes” in Q2? If so I’m thinking you could have a form field question for Q3 where there are 2 statements, then add in display logic on each statement - 1 display logic would be if Q2=No, in which they would get a blank text box to type in and the other statement would have display logic of Q2=Yes and then have Q1 answer piped in/carried forward. To pipe in we would need to use JS I believe

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  • April 16, 2026

Carry forward form fields. If you are using another question type let me know and we can find a different solution.

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  • MirkoE
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  • April 16, 2026

Hi KG,

unfortunately Carry Forward only works with forced choices. I need to carry forward the TEXT answer from Q1 into Q3, when Q3 is hidden / skipped because redundant.

 

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  • April 16, 2026

Does the question need to be hidden? Could it show the value already in there from Q1 for those who selected “yes” in Q2? If so I’m thinking you could have a form field question for Q3 where there are 2 statements, then add in display logic on each statement - 1 display logic would be if Q2=No, in which they would get a blank text box to type in and the other statement would have display logic of Q2=Yes and then have Q1 answer piped in/carried forward. To pipe in we would need to use JS I believe

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    • MirkoE
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    • April 16, 2026

    I had landed on that solution (which is not too bad as it only means that responders will have to scroll through the question).

    I was just trying to figure out if there was a clever way so that it would not show and still be coded. Sadly I think you’re right it’ll be via JS of which I know nothing…!

    Thank you KG!

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      • kgillis
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      You could do a field editor under data & analysis to pull it through that way as well, it would technically be a separate questions, but it would work. OR if you’re using a dashboard you could used the advanced filter option

      KG
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