I have a check all that apply question asking what region someone is located in. Then for each region, I assign contact information that is region-specific via branching and Embedded data. However, if someone selects multiple regions I would like the contact info for both regions added to the same ED separated by a comma. Does anyone know if this can be done without custom coding?
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Trying to assign multiple values to the same Embedded Data field across multiple branches. Doable?
Best answer by ahmedA
Depends on how many options you have.
The brute force way could be this:
v2now has the value
Second Value, First Value. You could create a branch for each option and append the contact info.
Another approach could be to use Loop & Merge (LM). This takes less time, but give a dirty solution with extra commas:
Step 1: You start with a Pre-LM block, where you ask your question.
Step 2: You create a loop and merge block, selecting loop off a question and the required values in the second field.
Step 3: You use the second field as the question text and use the TRUE-FALSE display logic to not show the question to the respondent.
Step 4: You use piped text to pass all the possible values to another question text. Once again hiding it.
Step 5: You assign the value of this question text to an embedded variable. 
Demo here.
Point to not: If you try to set the embedded variable directly skipping step 4. You'll end up with repeated values.
Depends on how many options you have.
The brute force way could be this:
v2now has the value
Second Value, First Value. You could create a branch for each option and append the contact info.
Another approach could be to use Loop & Merge (LM). This takes less time, but give a dirty solution with extra commas:
Step 1: You start with a Pre-LM block, where you ask your question.
Step 2: You create a loop and merge block, selecting loop off a question and the required values in the second field.
Step 3: You use the second field as the question text and use the TRUE-FALSE display logic to not show the question to the respondent.Step 4: You use piped text to pass all the possible values to another question text. Once again hiding it.Step 5: You assign the value of this question text to an embedded variable. Demo here.
Point to not: If you try to set the embedded variable directly skipping step 4. You'll end up with repeated values.
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