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Loop and merge a block an unknown number of times
I have a survey block where respondents will answer questions about previous jobs that they have held. I do not know how many jobs they have held. I do not think that they will know how many jobs they have had until they think through all of them (i.e. if I asked them at the beginning they might think they've had 5 jobs, but then as they fill out information they will remember that they forgot a job and actually had 6 jobs). Therefore, I want to have a question at the end of the looped block, "Are you currently at this job?", and if the answer is "Yes", I want to stop looping. In the Loop and Merge logic, I check "Loop based off of a question", then I have to choose "Select choice". I do not know which one of these choices will allow me to loop as long as the answer is "No" to a question within the loop.
Thanks,
Matt
Best answer by rondev
Create a loop and merge with some maximum number i.e. do not check the 'loop and merge based off a question' option.
Now create the first question of loop and merge block "Are you currently at this job?" and add display logic as - If Loop 1: 1 Not Current Loop
And ""Are you currently at this job?"" (All Loops) no Is Not Selected
For other question in the loop and merge block have this display logic - If "Are you currently at this job?" (All Loops) no Is Not Selected
+22Create a loop and merge with some maximum number i.e. do not check the 'loop and merge based off a question' option.
Now create the first question of loop and merge block "Are you currently at this job?" and add display logic as - If Loop 1: 1 Not Current Loop
And ""Are you currently at this job?"" (All Loops) no Is Not Selected
For other question in the loop and merge block have this display logic - If "Are you currently at this job?" (All Loops) no Is Not Selected
Thank you so much! I changed the display logic from No is Not Selected to Yes is Not Selected. I had some problems with the logic not working until I logged out and then in again. Now it works perfectly.
Hello, this is exactly what I am trying to accomplish--I am not sure I entirely follow the solution. So, for example, let's say I have three questions: 'Your Job Title', ' Your Company Name', and 'Are you currently at this job?'. Would I hold those three question in the same block or do they need to be in different blocks to loop & merge? Any chance someone could share screen shots so I can have a visual of the steps? Any additional help would be so very appreciated. Thank you!
I can't share a screenshot because my survey has some sensitive information, but:
Block: History of Positions
Question 1: Are you currently at this job?
[Display this question if: Loop 1, not current Loop] AND
[Are you currently at this job? (All Loops) Yes is Not Selected]
Question 2: Job Title
[Display if: Are you currently at this job? (All Loops) Yes is Not Selected]
Question 3: Company Name
[Display if: Are you currently at this job? (All Loops) Yes is Not Selected]
When setting up the loop and merge, it defaulted to looping twice and then shutting down. It didn't give me an option to change that. I then clicked the box, "Loop and Merge based on a question", chose a question that had 25 options, then unclicked the "Loop and Merge based on a question". That workaround gave me a max of 25 loops. I don't know if was bugged for me or if this is a general issue.
Aahh, okay, I see where I was getting stuck--Thank you so much for taking the time to outline that structure, how very kind of you! Best of luck with your project.
For a long loop of questions, it's a pain to enter in all of the display logic question by question. Would it still work with a skip logic, i.e. if they don't have any more entries to add, skip to end of block?
+22End of block in any question of loop and merge block means end of current loop. So we cannot use that.
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